| Accession Number | P05211.015 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Transparency |
| Maker |
Orr, K B |
| Place made | Vietnam: Vung Tau Special Zone, Vung Tau |
| Date made | 1968 |
| Conflict |
Vietnam, 1962-1975 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: AWM Licensed copyright |
An Australian doctor of an Australian civilian surgical team, Dr Mark Yeatman Sheppard of South ...
Description
An Australian doctor of an Australian civilian surgical team, Dr Mark Yeatman Sheppard of South Australia, operating on a patient in Le Loi hospital. He is assisted by an unidentified Australian senior theatre nurse (front) and a Vietnamese nurse (left). More than 450 civilian medical and surgical staff volunteered to work in hospitals in Vietnam to instruct and teach Vietnamese medical and paramedical personnel and provide medical aid to anyone who required it.