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A RAAF Nursing Sister, N217164 Squadron Officer Harriett Hardy Fenwick, of Sydney, NSW adjusts ...
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Maker: Travers, Dereck B
A RAAF Nursing Sister, N217164 Squadron Officer Harriett Hardy Fenwick, of Sydney, NSW adjusts the litter strap of an Australian Army casualty as he is flown to Australia from Vietnam. The RAAF is pr...MAL/65/0083/03
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Australia. 25 November 1965. Popular Television entertainer Ian Turpie is among four top line ...
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Maker: Coleridge, Michael
Australia. 25 November 1965. Popular Television entertainer Ian Turpie is among four top line entertainers to make up the first official entertainment troup for South Vietnam. He didn't seem to mind w...COL/65/0582/SC
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Elizabeth Kay Symons (Lloyd) as a flight officer Royal Australian Air Force Nursing Service (RAAFNS), Base Hospital RAAF, Butterworth, Malaysia, 1966, interviewed by Lieutenant Colonel Gary McKay MC (Ret'd)
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Maker: Symons, Elizabeth Kay McKay, Gary John
Elizabeth Kay Symons (Lloyd) as a flight officer Royal Australian Air Force Nursing Service (RAAFNS), Base Hospital RAAF, Butterworth, Malaysia, 1966, interviewed by Lieutenant Colonel Gary McKay MC (...S01127
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Flying Boots : Section Officer (Sister) P A Furbank, No 4 Hospital Butterworth Malaya
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Black leather boots with front lacing and side zip fastenings. The zipper for the left boot has green tape with brass teeth, slide and pull. The zipper pull is impressed 'CONMAR'. The right boot's zip...REL36529.006
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Flying Gloves : Section Officer (Sister) P A Furbank, No. 4 Hospital Butterworth Malaya
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Pair of green summer flying gloves with grey leather on the inner side. The gloves extend beyond the wrist to cover a small part of the forearm. There are no manufacturer's tags, but the inside of bot...REL36529.002
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Flying Jacket : Section Officer (Sister) P A Furbank, No 4 Hospital Butterworth Malaya
Heraldry
Maker: Land Manufacturing Co
Olive green flying jacket with olive green drab ribbing at the waist, wrists and neck. The jacket is closed with a metal zip in the centre with a slider on the proper right. At the waist of the jacket...REL36529.001
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Flying Officer Olive "Irish" Connolly, a RAAF nursing sister, checks the condition of the 2001st ...
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Maker: Cooper, Norman Murray
Flying Officer Olive "Irish" Connolly, a RAAF nursing sister, checks the condition of the 2001st patient to be flown from Vietnam by Aeromedical Evacuation (Medevac) to Australia after he had been pla...VN/69/0072/02
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Flying Socks : Section Officer (Sister) P A Furbank, No 4 Hospital Butterworth Malaya
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Pair of white woollen flying socks.REL36529.005
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Forage cap : Section Officer (Sister) P A Furbank, No 4 Hospital Butterworth Malaya
Heraldry
Maker: Australian Government Clothing Factory
RAAF blue polyester forage cap with two gold anodised buttons on the front. These buttons and the gold anodised RAAF officer's badge on the left side of the cap show an eagle below a Queen's Crown. Th...REL36533
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Name badge : Flight Officer G Tilley, RAAF Nursing Service
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Chromed metal name badge with pin fastening soldered to the back. The engraved name reads 'G. TILLEY'.REL31153
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Pantyhose : Section Officer (Sister) P A Furbank, No 4 Hospital Butterworth Malaya
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Pair of tan unused pantyhose.REL36530.006
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RAAF forage cap : Flight Officer G Tilley, RAAF Nursing Service
Heraldry
Maker: Commonwealth Government Clothing Factory
RAAF blue wool forage cap with two chromed plated buttons on the front. These buttons and the brass RAAF insignia on the left side of the cap show an eagle below a Queen's Crown. A white label sewn in...REL31152
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Viki Fox, Noelle Leonard and Stephanie Millhouse, Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) nursing sisters, interviewed by Carolyn Newman about their experiences as medical evacuation (Medevac) nurses in Vietnam.
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Maker: Viki Fox, Noelle Leonard, Stephanie Millhouse Newman, Carolyn
The women discuss the selection process to become a medical evacuation (medevac) sister; training; first medevac flight; length of flight; typical routine of medevac crew; fears of flying; responsibil...S02022