Informal portrait of Jan Bell, a member of the Australian civilian surgical team standing on the ...

Accession Number P05377.006
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Unknown
Place made Vietnam
Date made Unknown
Conflict Vietnam, 1962-1975
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Item copyright: Status to be assessed

Description

Informal portrait of Jan Bell, a member of the Australian civilian surgical team standing on the verandah of a hospital building with two unidentified Vietnamese women, possibly relatives of patients. 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.

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