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THE LATEST DUTY UNDERTAKEN BY THE RAAF NURSING SERVICE IS THAT OF FLYING WITH CASUALTIES FROM FORWARD AREAS TO BASE HOSPITALS. KNOWN AS "FLYING ANGELS" THESE MEMBERS OF NO. 1 MEDICAL AIR EVACUATION TRANSPORT UNIT RAAF HAVE FLOWN NEARLY 2,000,000 MILES SINCE THE UNIT WENT INTO OPERATION. THEIR DUTIES COMMENCE ON THE GROUND AS THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE NURSING OF CASUALTIES AS SOON AS THEY REACH FORWARD AREA HOSPITALS. EVEN IN THE JUNGLE OF NEW GUINEA, MODERN EQUIPMENT IS AVAILABLE, AND SERGEANT A. PAUL OF ENMORE, NSW, IS PASSING STERILISED DRESSINGS TO SENIOR SISTER MARGARET BRAID OF SALE, VIC (CENTRE), AND SISTER V. HARBOURD OF BALLARAT, VIC.
MEMBERS OF THE RAAF NURSING SERVICE ATTACHED TO NO. 1 MEDICAL AIR EVACUATION TRANSPORT UNIT RAAF DO STERLING WORK TENDING CASUALTIES WHO ARE FLOWN TO HOSPITALS IN REAR AREAS. DOING THEIR WASHING IN A
NADZAB, NEW GUINEA. C. 1944. MEMBERS OF THE RAAF NURSING SERVICE ATTACHED TO NO. 1 MEDICAL AIR EVACUATION TRANSPORT UNIT RAAF FLY LONG DISTANCES IN RAAF TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT NURSING CASUALTIES AS THEY A
Casualties who are flown in RAAF Transport aircraft from forward hospitals to rear base areas must be carefully handled and nursed both before and during the flight. A member of the RAAF Nursing Servi
IN FLIGHT BETWEEN NEW GUINEA AND AUSTRALIA. C. 1944. ARMY AND AIR FORCE CASUALTIES IN FORWARD AREAS OF THE SOUTH-WEST PACIFIC ARE FLOWN IN SPECIALLY EQUIPPED AIRCRAFT OF THE RAAF TRANSPORT COMMAND TO
Movietone news undedited camera footage. Shows RAAF and Royal Navy (RN) nursing sisters, RAAF medical orderlies and RN sick berth attendants at Medical Air Evacuation Transpot Unit (MAETU) passing out
IWAKUNI, JAPAN. 1953. THE NEW "ANGELS OF MERCY", SISTERS GAY BURY AND PAM LEAHY ARE MET ON ARRIVAL IN JAPAN BY FELLOW RAAF NURSING SISTER N12427 CATHY DANIEL WHO HAS MANY FLYING HOURS TO HER CREDIT.
