South Vietnamese flag with insignia : J Dyason, Civillian Nurse, Australian Surgical Team, Vietnam

South Vietnamese flag with a number of embroidered military badges and insignia sewn onto it. A square patch of brown fabric has been sewn at one end of the flag. The insignia include two 'U.S. AIR FORCE' uniform patches, two 'U.S.ARMY' patches, a 'U.S. NAVY' patch, a name tape reading 'THOMSON', US Army rank insignia, one coloured and two subdued Military Assistance Command Vietnam (MACV) patches, coloured US Army Special Forces patch, H Company (1st Cavalry Division) Airborne Ranger patch, leather name tape for Major Don Boss USAF, unofficial 510th Tactical Fighter Squadron patch, metal 510th Tactical Fighter buzzard badge, unofficial 35 Squadron RAAF 'Wallaby Airlines' patch, United Service Organisations 'USO' patch, coloured and subdued combat infantryman badges, Texas state flag, US Army Infantry 'FOLLOW ME' patch and parachutist, infantry, field artillery and signal corps insignia.

Associated with Jennifer Mimi Dyason (later Hunter), a civilian nurse who served with the Australian Surgical Team, Vietnam. The severe lack of medical facilities and staff in Vietnam led the South Vietnamese Government to request urgent civilian medical aid through the USAID and SEATO programmes. Australia was one of fifteen countries to provide medical aid during the war. Dyason served in Long Xuyen as part of a medical team from Prince Henry's Hospital, Melbourne from February 1967 to October, and in Bien Hoa with a team from the Alfred Hospital, Melbourne from July 1969 to February 1970.