VN/69/0072/02 Accession Number: VN/69/0072/02

Description

Flying Officer Olive "Irish" Connolly, a RAAF nursing sister, checks the condition of the 2001st patient to be flown from Vietnam by Aeromedical Evacuation (Medevac) to Australia after he had been placed aboard a Hercules aircraft from No. 37 Squadron at Vung Tau. Adjusting the litter straps is Corporal Ian Knight, a RAAF medical orderly. The patient is Private A. E. Bermingham, a New Zealander of "Whisky" Company, 6 Royal Australian Regiment/NZ (ANZAC) Battalion.

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Accession Number
VN/69/0072/02
Photographer
Sergeant Norman Murray Cooper
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Film original negative 120 safety base
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
1969
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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