Nurse Lieutenant Margaret Ahern of Leeton, NSW, with a Vietnamese child at the village of Hoa ...

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Accession Number GIL/67/0483/VN
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Film original negative 120 safety base
Maker Gillman, Barrie Winston Farleigh
Place made Vietnam: Phuoc Tuy Province, Hoa Long
Date made June 1967
Conflict Vietnam, 1962-1975
Copyright

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Description

Nurse Lieutenant Margaret Ahern of Leeton, NSW, with a Vietnamese child at the village of Hoa Long. Lieutenant Ahern is one of the first four Army nurses to serve on operational duty in Vietnam. The nurses are members of the Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps (RAANC) wth the 8th Field Ambulance based at Vung Tau.