Doherty, Douglass James (Leading Seaman) Accession Number: PR91/159

Description

Collection relating to the Gulf War service of Leading Seaman Douglass James Doherty, 1st Australian Medical Detatchment, USNS Comfort, 1990-1991.

Wallet 1 of 1 consists of a diary written by Leading Seaman Doherty during his deployment with the 1st Australian Medical Detatchment of the Task Group Medical Support Element (TGMSE) aboard the USNS comfort. The diary records day to day life aboard the ship, interactions with other members of the detachment, concerns about taking up a Team Leader position in charge of American sailors, working in the operating room, making friends, feelings of homesickness and missing family, shore leave in Bahrain, the poor quality of food, a variety of drills inluding life raft and mass casualty drills, and providing medical assistance following a boiler room explosion on the USS Iwi Jima. Additionally, he describes a visit by Admiral Ken Doolan, and his frustrations towards the Australian Government for not publicly acknowledging their presence in the Persian Gulf earlier.

The last diary entry is dated 29 December 1990, 5 days before the TGMSE 1 rotation ended.

Details

Accession Number
PR91/159
Maker
Douglass James Doherty
Classification
Private Record
Object Type
Diary
Measurement
Extent: 1.5 cm
Wallet/s: 1
Date Made
1990-1991
Place Made
At sea
Whole/Part
Collection
Item Count
1
Access
Open
Copying Provisions
Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required.
Provenance
AWM371 91/0717
Copyright
Unlicensed copyright

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