The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Post-operative recovery room at the civilian hospital at Bien Hoa. The severe lack of medical facilities and staff in Vietnam led the South Vietnamese Government to request urgent civilian medical aid through the USAID and SEATO programmes. Australia responded by sending a succession of surgical teams which operated out of several centres throughout the country. Elaine Glenn, who took this photograph, was one of a group of civilian nurses from Royal Adelaide Hospital. The civilian patients on stretchers are recovering from surgery, and upon regaining consciousness are returned to their ward.
Vietnamese patients and staff in the Recovery Room at the civilian hospital at Bien Hoa. The severe lack of medical facilities and staff in Vietnam led the South Vietnamese Government to request urgen
Australian civilian nurses and Australian service personnel at a picnic lunch at Vung Tau. The severe lack of medical facilities and staff in Vietnam led the South Vietnamese Government to request urg
Informal group portrait of civilian nurses from one of the Australian Surgical Teams before their first day of work. The severe lack of medical facilities and staff in Vietnam led the South Vietnamese
Social gathering of staff from one of the Australian Surgical Teams and local Vietnamese staff at the hospital at Bien Hoa. The severe lack of medical facilities and staff in Vietnam led the South Vie
Rectangular Perspex name badge with brass stickpin glued to reverse. Base colour is green, impressed from the back with white lettering ('DOAN GIAI PHAU UC DAI LOI', or 'Australian Surgery Team') and
Zippo brand chrome-plated brass flip-top cigarette lighter. 'CARMEL JORGENSEN' is engraved on the front. A Map of Vietnam with the names of 12 cities and towns is engraved on the back. This lighter
