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Members of the RAAF Medical and Civic Action Programme (Medcap) aboard a South Vietnamese Naval junk, returning from a mission to Long Hai, a village north of Vung Tau. Sitting in the centre, wearing a cap and an unofficial RAAF Medical Section cloth patch on his left breast is Medcap team leader and Base Squadron doctor, 42294 Flight Lieutenant (Flt Lt) Ian Favilla. Behind him, facing away from the camera is 57203 Leading Aircraftman (LAC) Lewis James (Lew) Bock, of Busselton, WA, while the unidentified shirtless man closest to camera served as Base Squadron interpreter.
43592 Rob Gee, an airframe fitter of No 9 Squadron, RAAF, bathing a child, assisted by the child's mother, at a Medical Civic Action Program (MedCAP) prior to them seeing the doctor. In the foreground
A56051 Sergeant (Sgt) Michael Arthur (Mike) Chapman, RAAF Service Policeman, of Cloverdale, WA, washing a child, helped by A57203 Leading Aircraftman (LAC) Lewis James (Lew) Bock, of Busselton, WA, a
A Vietnamese Naval junk that is transporting volunteers on the Medical Civic Action Program (MedCAP) trip to Long Hai. They always operated in pairs for safety reasons and were usually armed with 50 c
The Vietnamese citizens of Vung Tau have a new Saturday afternoon diversion, watching members of the RAAF contingent playing soccer. The newly formed RAAF team, organised by the Church of England Pad
A United States Army doctor examines a Vietnamese man wearing an eye patch during a Medical Civic Aid Program (Medcap) at Nam Binh. Identified is Sergeant Tanh with his back to the camera.
A medical Civic Aid Program (Medcap) team from the RAAF became the first team to visit Long Son, an island six miles north of Vung Tau, which had been the scene of recent Viet Cong (VC) activity. The
