Warrant Officer (WO) Ray Simpson, Australian Army Training Team Vietnam (AATTV), of Sydney, NSW, ...

Warrant Officer (WO) Ray Simpson, Australian Army Training Team Vietnam (AATTV), of Sydney, NSW, is lifted on a stretcher into an aircraft (not in view). WO Simpson had been wounded in the right leg in the jungle when a bullet entered his right knee and traversed the length of his thigh shattering his thigh bone. He had been on patrol from the Special Forces camp at Ta Ko. His subsequent gallantry on this occasion earnt him the Distinguished Conduct Medal. He was also later awarded the Victoria Cross. (Donor C. Sugden) (Original print housed in AWM Archive Store)