VUNG TAU, VIETNAM, 1969. STAFF OF THE 1ST AUSTRALIAN FIELD HOSPITAL CONDUCTING A WARD ROUND TO ...

Place Asia: Vietnam, Vung Tau Special Zone, Vung Tau
Accession Number P01702.010
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Vietnam, 1962-1975
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VUNG TAU, VIETNAM, 1969. STAFF OF THE 1ST AUSTRALIAN FIELD HOSPITAL CONDUCTING A WARD ROUND TO ASSESS PATIENTS FOR THEIR FITNESS TO TRAVEL ON A MEDICAL EVACUATION FLIGHT HOME TO AUSTRALIA. THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ARMY NURSING CORPS (RAANC) NURSE WITH HER BACK TO THE CAMERA IS LIEUTENANT LORRAINE POTTS. THE MAN STANDING IMMEDIATELY TO HER LEFT IS MAJOR ROD KENNEDY, A MEDICAL OFFICER, AND THE TALL MAN BEHIND HIM WEARING GLASSES IS MAJOR DARYL SALMON, THE HOSPITAL ANAESTHETIST. (ORIGINAL PRINT HELD IN AWM ARCHIVE STORE).