The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
At Baria, the provincial capital of Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, a new surgical ward and hygiene system are opened at the Dr Pham Huu Chi Hospital. Australian Civic Action teams over the past two years have poured more than 500,000 dollars in contributing toilet blocks, septic tanks, water storage tanks, store houses, a pediatric ward and electrical work to the project. The South Vietnamese Minister for Health headed a list of dignitaries who had travelled from all parts of South Vietnam to attend the gala opening. The Commanding Officer, 1st Australian Task Force, Brigadier W. Henderson of North Sydney, NSW, and the CO of 1st Australian Field Hospital, Vung Tau, Lieutenant Colonel L. Parker of Brisbane, Qld, were among the Australian guests. The technical facilities installed at the hospital have brought it up to the standard whereby final year students can complete their training. The hospital has 110 beds to meet the needs of Baria's 12,000 population and it is planned to build more wards in the future. Under Vietnamese custom, the relatives of the patients come to the hospital to cook the meals for their sick. It was the Australian Civic Action team which provided a spacious new kitchen to enable this custom to be maintained. Civic Action Medical Officer, Captain (Dr) Gedis Grudzinskas of Pennant Hills, NSW, said the hospital, with its new extensions, was comparable to any hospital in a large Australian country town. The septic system installed by the Australian CA team is the largest outside Saigon while the two 5,000 gallon water tanks erected have greatly improved sanitation. Also identified: Dr Nguyen Hy Voug; 2792684 Lance Corporal Alan John Randell of Mosman, NSW; 3796144 Trooper Dennis James Murphy of Glenhuntly, Vic.
The wife of the deputy leader of the Australian Labor Party, Mrs Lance Barnard, this week took time out to visit Baria, the Provincial capital of Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, while her husband i
Soldiers from Headquarters Company of the 1st Australian Task Force spread a little Christmas cheer among the younger patients of the Baria Hospital this week. Santa Claus (on other days Trooper John
Twenty-five members of the 1st Australian Civil Affairs Unit and a section of infantry from the 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment, on Wednesday were the first troops from the Australian Tas
In South Vietnam this week Australian Army engineers put the finishing touches to and handed over a maternity hospital for the 5,000 Vietnamese on Long Son Island in the river delta of Phuoc Tuy Provi
Australian troops have introduced Rugby Union to Phuoc Tuy Province in South Vietnam. The first game to be seen by local residents of the Province capital Baria, was played during siesta time last Sat
Montagnard farmers in South Vietnam's Phuoc Tuy Province will reap a better rice crop this year, thanks to the help of the Australian Army's 1st Australian Civil Affairs Unit, based at Nui Dat. This m
