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Ann Christine Lee (neé Wright) as a lieutenant nursing sister 1st Australian Field Hospital, South Vietnam 1970-1971, interviewed by Lynn Hemmings
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Maker: Hemmings, Lynn
Nursing training; joining Army; working in Intensive Care Unit in Vietnam; efficiency of Triage; quality of medics; stress; burns injuries; quality of soldiers looking after their mates; discriminatio...S01631
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Barlow, Geoffrey Pugh; Barlow (West), Pamela Helen; Findlay, Marie Amelia; O'Neill, Jean
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Maker: Barlow, Geoffrey Pugh
Geoffrey Pugh Barlow as a captain pharmacist, Pamela Barlow (nee West) and Marie Amelia Findlay as lieutenant nursing sisters and Jean O'Neil as a major Matron, all of 1 Australian Field Hospital, Sou...S01098
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Charles Webster and Margaret Webster (nee Nicholson) interviewed about their experiences during the Korean War by Bill Bunbury
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Maker: Webster, Charles U. Bunbury, Bill
Collection of oral history interviews on the Korean War recorded by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) Radio National 'Hindsight' for the program 'Korea 1950-1953, The Forgotten War'. A tr...S01918
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Christine Elliott Carson McMahon (neé Buchanan) as a captain nursing sister, 1st Australian Field Hospital, South Vietnam, 1970-1971, interviewed by Lynn Hemmings
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Maker: Hemmings, Lynn
First dustoff, relationship with other Australians in Vietnam, attitude to war, compassion, image of nurses, leave in Bankok, willingness to return to Vietnam, caring for Vietnamese civilians, leaving...S01089
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Colleen Ann Thurgar (neé Mealy) as a lieutenant nursing sister 8th Ambulance later 1st Australian Field Hospital, South Vietnam 1966-1967, interviewed by Lynn Hemmings
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Joining army; in the first group of four nurses to be posted to 8th Field Ambulance in Vietnam; description of accommodation and hospital facilities; hospital upgraded to 1 Australian Hospital; unifor...S01547
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Colonel Nellie (Nell) Espie as a Nurse, Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps (RAANC) Korea, Malaya and Vietnam interviewed by Libby Stewart
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Maker: Espie, Nellie Jane Stewart, Elizabeth (Libby)
A transcript of this recording may be available. For further information please contact the Sound section.S05032
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Dianne Badcock (neé Lawrence) as a lieutenant nursing sister, 1st Australian Field Hospital, South Vietnam, 1969-1970, interviewed by Lynn Hemmings
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Maker: Hemmings, Lynn
Dianne Badcock (neé Lawrence) as a lieutenant nursing sister, 1st Australian Field Hospital, South Vietnam, 1969-1970, interviewed by Lynn HemmingsS01521
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Dulcie Thompson 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), 1940-1966, interviewed by Jan Bassett
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Maker: Bassett, Jan Thompson, Dulcie Vera Bassett, Jan
Early life; began nursing at the age of 19 in Adelaide; joined army reserve in 1937; after declaration of war in 1939 carried out part-time nursing duties for the army on days off from civilian nursin...S01811
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Edna Nell Doig 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), 1939-1970, interviewed by Jan Bassett
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Maker: Bassett, Jan Doig, Edna Nell
Early life; commenced civilian nursing training in 1933; joined army in December 1939; attached to 2/2nd Australian General Hospital (AGH) at Ingleburn NSW; left Australia 5 May 1940 on the SS Queen M...S01813
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Elizabeth Ann Healey (neé Hall) as a captain nursing sister 1st Australian Field Hospital, South Vietnam, 1969-1970, interviewed by Lynn Hemmings
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Maker: Hemmings, Lynn
Elizabeth Ann Healey (neé Hall) as a captain nursing sister 1st Australian Field Hospital, South Vietnam, 1969-1970, interviewed by Lynn HemmingsS01519
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Ethel Adelaide Baxter as a member of the Australian Army Medical Women's Service (AAMWS), 1941-1948, the Royal Australian Army Nursing Service (RAANS), 1948-1951, and the Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps (RAANC), 1951-1972, interviewed by Jan Bassett
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Maker: Baxter, Ethel Adelaide Bassett, Jan
(F617; TFX6133, T321) Ethel Adelaide Baxter as a member of the Australian Army Medical Women's Service (AAMWS), 1941-1948, the Royal Australian Army Nursing Service (RAANS), 1948-1951, and the Royal A...S01817
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Helen Francis Adamson as a member of the Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps (RAANC), interviewed by Jan Bassett
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Maker: Adamson, Helen Francis Bassett, Jan
Early life; civilian nursing training and experience; joined Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps (RAANC) in 1959; first posting to Puckapunyal in Victoria; describes uniform; posted to Ingleburn in NS...S01810
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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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Jean O'Neill as a member of the Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps (RAANC), 1953-1977, interviewed by Jan Bassett
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Maker: Bassett, Jan O'Neill, Jean
Enlisted 13 January 1953 in Brisbane, discharged 12 January 1977 in Sydney; lists ranks and postings during career; early life; trained in civilian nursing at Cairns, Queensland; after army training a...S01814
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Jean O'Neill as the major Matron 1st Australian Field Hospital, South Vietnam 1968-1969, interviewed by Lynn Hemmings
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Maker: O'Neill, Jean Hemmings, Lynn
Support given to Vietnamese orphanage; relationship with staff at Australian civilian hospital at Vung Tau; risk of attack by Viet Cong and evacuation plans; curfews; discipline; actions of commanding...S01580
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Judith Wallace as a member of the Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps (RAANC), 1965-1985, interviewed by Jan Bassett
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Maker: Bassett, Jan Wallace, Judith
Early life; civilian nursing training at Royal Brisbane Hospital; enlisted 28 April 1965; describes living and working conditions at various postings; describes injuries of casualties from Vietnam whi...S01818
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June Ellen Naughton (neé Miinchow) as a captain nursing sister and Michael Anthony Naughton as the lieutenant colonel Commanding Officer both 1st Australian Field Hospital, South Vietnam 1969-1970, interviewed by Lynn Hemmings
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Maker: Hemmings, Lynn
Nursing training; joining army; selection of nurses for service in Vietnam; preparation for departure; theatre sister in Vietnam; role and training of theatre technicians; relations with other staff; ...S01578
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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 Elston Webster (nee Nicholson) as a member of the Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps (RAANC), Japan and South Korea, 1951-1953, interviewed by Jan Bassett
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Maker: Bassett, Jan Webster, Margaret Elston Sealy
Enlisted July 1951 in Melbourne, discharged July 1953; commenced civilian nursing in August 1945 at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney; after completion of training joined Heidleberg Repatriation ...S01820
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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
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Margaret Fay Hopcraft (nee Ahern) as a captain nursing sister 8th Field Ambulance later 1st Australian Field Hospital, South Vietnam 1967-1968, interviewed by Jan Bassett
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Maker: Hopcraft, Margaret Fay Bassett, Jan
Early life; commenced civilian nursing in 1958; enlisted 4 July 1965; discusses Matron Mickie Sayer a prisoner of war of the Japanese during the Second World War; first posting to the 2nd Camp Hospita...S01816
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Mary Ruth Divine (neé Page) as a captain nursing sister 1st Australian Field Hospital, South Vietnam 1969-1970, interviewed by Lynn Hemmings
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Maker: Hemmings, Lynn
Nursing training; reason for joining Army; preparation for posting to Vietnam; first impressions of Field Hospital in Vung Tau; strongest memories of activities and daily life; medics; US nurses; nurs...S01630
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Maureen Gladys Patch (neé Healy) as a lieutenant nursing sister 1st Australian Field Hospital 1970-1971, interviewed by Lynn Hemmings
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Maker: Patch (nee Healy), Maureen Gladys Hemmings, Lynn
Nursing training prior to joining army; joining army; difficulty of getting pantyhose in Vietnam; living conditions; food; water; toilets; duty shifts; training on the job; types of casualties and inj...S01629
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McGurgan (nee Smith), Leslie Margaret
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Maker: McGurgan (nee Smith), Leslie Margaret
Leslie Margaret McGurgan (nee Smith), Lieutenant Nursing Sister, Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps, (RAANC), South Vietnam, 1970-1971, interviewed by Lieutenant Colonel Gary John McKay MC (Ret'd)S01119
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Nora Trethewie (nee Hales) 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), 1945-1952, interviewed by Jan Bassett
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Maker: Bassett, Jan Trethewie, Nora Hope
Enlisting in the Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS) in March 1945; served in 111 Australian General Hospital in Campbell Town Tasmania; description of hospital; posted to Bonegilla, Victoria then ...S01809
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Pamela Anne Barlow (nee Matthews) as a lieutenant nursing sister, Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps (RAANC), 1st Australian Field Hospital, South Vietnam 1968-1969, interviewed by Lynn Hemmings
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Maker: Barlow (Matthews), Pamela Anne Hemmings, Lynn
Joining army; selection for Vietnam; departure; arrival in Vietnam while airport under attack; first impression of hospital; relationship between male army medics and nursing staff; off duty activitie...S01581
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Patricia Helen Kennedy (neé Yorke) as a lieutenant nursing sister 1st Australian Field Hospital, South Vietnam 1969-1970, interviewed by Lynn Hemmings
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Maker: Hemmings, Lynn
Patricia Helen Kennedy (neé Yorke) as a lieutenant nursing sister 1st Australian Field Hospital, South Vietnam 1969-1970, interviewed by Lynn HemmingsS01520
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Patricia Kay Gibbons (née Ferguson) as a lieutenant nursing sister and Elizabeth Ann Healey (neé Hall) as a captain nursing sister both 1st Australian Field Hospital, South Vietnam 1969-1970, interviewed by Lynn Hemmings
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Maker: Gibbons (nee Ferguson), Patricia Kay Hemmings, Lynn
Patricia Kay Gibbons (née Ferguson) as a lieutenant nursing sister and Elizabeth Ann Healey (neé Hall) as a captain nursing sister both 1st Australian Field Hospital, South Vietnam 1969-1970, intervie...S01522
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Purser, Mary
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Mary Purser, Lieutenant Nursing Sister, 1 Australian Field Hospital (1AFH), Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps (RAANC), South Vietnam, interviewed by Lieutenant Colonel Gary John McKay MC (Ret'd)S01124
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Shirley Joan Southwell as a member of the Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps (RAANC) interviewed by Jan Bassett
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Maker: Bassett, Jan Southwell, Shirley Joan
Early life; civilian nursing training at Broken Hill NSW 1953-57; joined army in 1958; posted to 2 Camp Hospital Ingleburn NSW; describes hospital and living conditions; sent to Malaya in January 1959...S01805
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Sister Shirley Benetts, Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps, interviewed by Bill Bunbury about her experiences as a nurse during the Korean War.
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Maker: Shirley Bennetts Bunbury, Bill Bennetts, Shirley Bunbury, Bill
Collection of oral history interviews on the Korean War recorded by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) Radio National 'Hindsight' for the radio program 'Korea, 1950-1953, The Forgotten War'...S01904
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Terrie Elizabeth Ross (neé Roche) as a lieutenant nursing sister 8th Field Ambulance later 1st Australian Field Hospital, South Vietnam in the period 1967-1971, interviewed by Lynn Hemmings
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Maker: Hemmings, Lynn
Joining army; first posting to Ingleburn then Singleton, NSW; description of hospital at Singleton; posted to 8 Field Ambulance in Vietnam; description of hospital facilities and staff responsibilitie...S01540