Informal photograph of Australian and American nurses in the lines of the 1st Australian Field ...

Accession Number P04690.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Colour - Print
Maker Unknown
Place made Vietnam: Vung Tau Special Zone, Vung Tau
Date made May 1968 - May 1969
Conflict Vietnam, 1962-1975
Copyright

Item copyright: Status to be assessed

Description

Informal photograph of Australian and American nurses in the lines of the 1st Australian Field Hospital, Vung Tau. On the left is F35135 Lieutenant (Lt), later Temporary Captain, Barbara Frances Black, Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps (RAANC), standing beside Lt Diane Carlson (later Diane Carlson Evans), US Army Nurse Corps (ANC), who is stationed at US Army's 36th Evacuation Hospital, Vung Tau. Barbara Black died on 3 November 1971 in Fitzroy. Victoria.

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