Doctor Noel Lucas, a member of an Australian civilian surgical team, conducting a clinic in Le ...

Accession Number P05791.007
Collection type Photograph
Object type Transparency
Maker Hugh, Thomas Benedict
Place made Vietnam: Vung Tau Special Zone, Vung Tau
Date made c 1967
Conflict Vietnam, 1962-1975
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Description

Doctor Noel Lucas, a member of an Australian civilian surgical team, conducting a clinic in Le Loi Hospital, assisted by a Vietnamese medical interpreter. 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. From the collection of Dr Tom Hugh, a member of the Prince Henry and Prince of Wales hospital team.