Patient's effects bag : J Dyason, Civillian Nurse, Australian Surgical Team, Vietnam

Khaki bag with a round base and drawstring opening. The bag is stamped on one side with 'BAG, PATIENTS, EFFECTS', and sewn below this is a blank white cotton label. Stamped on the other side is the US Army Medical Corps insignia of a caduceus and the letters 'US'. Inside the bag is a waterproof nylon pocket stamped with 'KNIFE SALES CO.'.

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.