Ann Christine Lee (neé Wright) as a lieutenant nursing sister 1st Australian Field Hospital, South Vietnam 1970-1971, interviewed by Lynn Hemmings

Place Asia: Vietnam, Bien Hoa Province, Bien Hoa
Accession Number S01631
Collection type Sound
Measurement 43 min
Object type Oral history
Physical description 1/4 inch sound tape reel; BASF LP 35; 3 3/4 ips/9.5 cm.s; stereo; 5 inch
Maker Hemmings, Lynn
Date made 23 October 1993
Access Onsite use only
Conflict Vietnam, 1962-1975
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Source credit to AWM Research Grants Scheme
Description

Nursing training; joining Army; working in Intensive Care Unit in Vietnam; efficiency of Triage; quality of medics; stress; burns injuries; quality of soldiers looking after their mates; discrimination and sexual harassment; leaving Army after returning from Vietnam; "nurses first Army second"; relationship between nurses and patients; use of anti-malaria drug Dapsone and links to cancer; comparison between Australian Army and US Army methods of handling wounded; comparison between Army nursing and civilian nursing; welcome home parade; leaving nursing.