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Iris Grace Hutton as a member of the Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS), the Royal Australian Army Nursing Service (RAANS) and the Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps (RAANC), 1942-1970, interviewed by Jan Bassett
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Maker: Hutton, Iris Grace Bassett, Jan
Early life; enlisted in April 1942 and discharged November 1970; sent to Aitape in New Guinea; suitability of uniform in tropics; describes conditions in hospital; in 1952 posted to Malaya as part of ...S01812
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Leslie Margaret McGurgan (nee Smith) as a member of the Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps (RAANC), South Vietnam, 1970-1971, interviewed by Jan Bassett
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Maker: McGurgan (nee Smith), Leslie Margaret Bassett, Jan
Early life; commenced nursing training at Prince Henry Hospital, Sydney in March 1963; joined Citizens Military Force in 1967; joined regular army on 28 March 1969; left for Vietnam on 28 April 1970; ...S01822
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Margaret Fay Hopcraft (neé Ahern) as a captain nursing sister 8th Field Ambulance later 1st Australian Field Hospital, South Vietnam 1967-1968, interviewed by Lynn Hemmings
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Maker: Hopcraft, Margaret Fay Hemmings, Lynn
Joining army; first group of nurses sent to Vietnam; selection procedures; first impressions of hospital in Vietnam; attitude of male army medics to nurses; changes the nurses brought to the hospital;...S01579