The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
A medical team from 1RAR under Captain Peter Haslau (Regimental Medical Officer) visited the village of Vo Xo in the Binh Tuy Province, approximately 90 miles north east of Saigon. The medical team set up a make shift surgery/dispensary in the dusty village market place. Interest ran high among the curious villagers and a crowd quickly gathered. Their complaints, infections and wounds were treated. While patients were treated in the surgery a crowd of children flocked around a table where Sergeant E. Bromfield handed out chewing gum and sweets. Staff Seargeant Ernie Ross of Wauchope, N.S.W. attends a Vietnamese child held by her mother. Cameraman Sergeant M. Shannon.
Among the most consistent activities by troops of the Australian Task Force in Vietnam is the administration of medical and dental aid to the people in villages and hamlets throughout Phuoc Tuy Provin
A consistent role for some members of the Australian Task Force in Vietnam is the administration of medical and dental aid to the people in villages and hamlets throughout Phuoc Tuy Province. To this
