The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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; discrimination and sexual harassment; leaving Army after returning from Vietnam; "nurses first Army second"; relationship between nurses and patients; use of anti-malaria drug Dapsone and links to cancer; comparison between Australian Army and US Army methods of handling wounded; comparison between Army nursing and civilian nursing; welcome home parade; leaving nursing.
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 activitie
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;
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; in the first group of four nurses to be posted to 8th Field Ambulance in Vietnam; description of accommodation and hospital facilities; hospital upgraded to 1 Australian Hospital; unifor
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
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