| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | ART40455 |
| Collection type | Art |
| Measurement | Overall: 27 x 37 cm |
| Object type | Work on paper |
| Physical description | black and brown fibre-tipped pen, white gouache on paper |
| Maker |
Fletcher, Bruce |
| Place made | Vietnam, Vietnam: Phuoc Tuy Province, Nui Dat |
| Date made | 1967 |
| Conflict |
Vietnam, 1962-1975 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Tent of 'Jack the Quack', Nui Dat, Vietnam
Description
Encampment of the 8th Field Ambulance surrounded by sandbags, used as quarters for Medical Officer 2146748 Captain Jack Blomley in Nui Dat, Vietnam. Blomley was known affectionately as 'Jack the Quack from Nui Dat'. Fletcher has described this as 'Medical evacuation heli-pad, Nui Dat, Ho Chi Minhs' birthday'.
Fletcher introduced watercolour into some of his drawings made in Nui Dat. He had been driven to the base in a medical landrover and had been able to take a set of watercolours with him. He recalled that his oil paints had been 'stashed' away in the Q store in Vung Tau following his accident and he had not had much luck in getting them brought up to the base.