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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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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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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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Graeme Arthur Unmack as a craftsman A Squadron 1st Armoured Regiment Light Aid Detachment, South Vietnam 1970 [recorded letter]
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Maker: Unmack, Graeme Arthur
Recorded letter by Craftsman Graeme Arthur Unmack, 1 Armoured Regiment Light Aid Detachment, Vietnam, 19 February 1970. Recording is made to his family, narrating his role in Operation Hammersley.S03048
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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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Lieutenant Yvonne Norma Werndly as a theatre sister 1st Australian Field Hospital, South Vietnam 1969, interviewed by Captain Derek Roylance
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Maker: Werndly, Yvonne Norma Roylance, Derek John
Werndly speaks of the differences between working in a military hospital compared with working in a civilian hospital. A transcript of this recording may be available. For further information please ...S03667
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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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Minefields and Miniskirts, Australian Women and the Vietnam War, Six part Radio Documentary
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Maker: ABC Radio National McHugh, Siobhan
Three CDs featuring the six part radio documentary first broadcast on ABC Radio National April/May 1993. This series features the interviews with twenty five women that were in the "Minefields and Min...S04359
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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