An elderly Vietnamese Montagnard man has his chest checked by medical assistant 5714453 Private ...

Accession Number THU/68/0014/VN
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Thurgar, Kevin Denham
Place made Vietnam: South Vietnam
Date made January 1968
Conflict Vietnam, 1962-1975
Copyright

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Description

An elderly Vietnamese Montagnard man has his chest checked by medical assistant 5714453 Private (Pte) Alec Ernest James Bell of Perth, WA, during a Medical Civil Aid Project (MEDCAP) visit to his village north of the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) Base at Nui Dat. Pte Bell died of wounds on 29 January 1968 in South Vietnam.

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