The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Joining army; selection for Vietnam; departure; arrival in Vietnam while airport under attack; first impression of hospital; relationship between male army medics and nursing staff; off duty activities; meeting husband in Vietnam; returning to Australia; anti-war movement; nursing skills applied; shift responsibilities and duties; first dust off; injuries dealt with; "Killed in Action" room; contact with field medics; memories of particular patients; reunions; personal attitude to Australia's involvement in Vietnam war; discrimination; coming home; health problems caused by service in Vietnam; sexual harassment; leaving army; post war traumatic stress syndrome; nursing career after leaving army.
Joining army; selection for Vietnam; departure; arrival in Vietnam while airport under attack; first impression of hospital; relationship between male army medics and nursing staff; off duty activities; meeting husband in Vietnam; returning to Australia; anti-war movement; nursing skills applied; shift responsibilities and duties; first dust off; injuries dealt with; "Killed in Action" room; contact with field medics; memories of particular patients; reunions; personal attitude to Australia's involvement in Vietnam war; discrimination; coming home; health problems caused by service in Vietnam; sexual harassment; leaving army; post war traumatic stress syndrome; nursing career after leaving army.
Part 1 of Pamela Anne Barlow (nee Matthews) as a lieutenant nursing sister, Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps (RAANC), 1st Australian Field Hospital, South Vietnam 1968-1969, interviewed by Lynn Hemmings
Part 2 of Pamela Anne Barlow (nee Matthews) as a lieutenant nursing sister, Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps (RAANC), 1st Australian Field Hospital, South Vietnam 1968-1969, interviewed by Lynn Hemmings
Nursing training; joining Army; working in Intensive Care Unit in Vietnam; efficiency of Triage; quality of medics; stress; burns injuries; quality of soldiers looking after their mates; discriminatio
Support given to Vietnamese orphanage; relationship with staff at Australian civilian hospital at Vung Tau; risk of attack by Viet Cong and evacuation plans; curfews; discipline; actions of commanding
Joining army; first group of nurses sent to Vietnam; selection procedures; first impressions of hospital in Vietnam; attitude of male army medics to nurses; changes the nurses brought to the hospital;
Nursing training; reason for joining Army; preparation for posting to Vietnam; first impressions of Field Hospital in Vung Tau; strongest memories of activities and daily life; medics; US nurses; nurs
Nursing training; joining army; selection of nurses for service in Vietnam; preparation for departure; theatre sister in Vietnam; role and training of theatre technicians; relations with other staff;
First dustoff, relationship with other Australians in Vietnam, attitude to war, compassion, image of nurses, leave in Bankok, willingness to return to Vietnam, caring for Vietnamese civilians, leaving