Pamela Anne Barlow (nee Matthews) as a lieutenant nursing sister, Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps (RAANC), 1st Australian Field Hospital, South Vietnam 1968-1969, interviewed by Lynn Hemmings

Place	Asia: Vietnam
Accession Number	S01581
Collection type	Sound
Measurement	1 hr 23 min
Object type	Oral history
Physical description	1/4 inch sound tape reel; AGFA PEM 369; 3 3/4 ips/9.5 cm.s; stereo; 5 inch
Maker	Barlow (Matthews), Pamela Anne Hemmings, Lynn
Date made	20 December 1991
Access	Open
Conflict	Vietnam, 1962-1975
Copyright	Item copyright: Unlicensed copyright
Copying Provisions	Copyright restrictions apply. Only personal, non-commercial, research and study use permitted. Permission of copyright holder required for any commercial use and/or reproduction.
Source credit to	AWM Research Grants Scheme

Description

Joining army; selection for Vietnam; departure; arrival in Vietnam while airport under attack; first impression of hospital; relationship between male army medics and nursing staff; off duty activities; meeting husband in Vietnam; returning to Australia; anti-war movement; nursing skills applied; shift responsibilities and duties; first dust off; injuries dealt with; "Killed in Action" room; contact with field medics; memories of particular patients; reunions; personal attitude to Australia's involvement in Vietnam war; discrimination; coming home; health problems caused by service in Vietnam; sexual harassment; leaving army; post war traumatic stress syndrome; nursing career after leaving army.

History / Summary

Joining army; selection for Vietnam; departure; arrival in Vietnam while airport under attack; first impression of hospital; relationship between male army medics and nursing staff; off duty activities; meeting husband in Vietnam; returning to Australia; anti-war movement; nursing skills applied; shift responsibilities and duties; first dust off; injuries dealt with; "Killed in Action" room; contact with field medics; memories of particular patients; reunions; personal attitude to Australia's involvement in Vietnam war; discrimination; coming home; health problems caused by service in Vietnam; sexual harassment; leaving army; post war traumatic stress syndrome; nursing career after leaving army.