P02017.016 Accession Number: P02017.016

Description

Commandant Janice Webb (now Hilton) (far right), Australian Red Cross, with walking wounded at 8 Field Ambulance. The men were about to be transported to the Vung Tau airstrip for an RAAF C130-E Hercules flight to 4 RAAF Hospital at Butterworth, Malaysia. The woman in the white uniform belongs to the Royal New Zealand Army Nursing Corps and is one of a small number based at Vung Tau.

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Accession Number
P02017.016
Photographer
Superintendent Marie Constance Boyle MBE OAM
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Transparency
Physical Description
Colour: Colour
Date Made
1967
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Donor M Boyle
Copyright
AWM Licensed copyright

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