The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
1200191 Major Michael Boyle, Royal Australian Army Medical Corps (RAAMC), Commanding Officer of No. 8 Field Ambulance, planning the loading of Medical Evacuation patients (Medevacs) with an RAAF sister, N18866 Acting Squadron Leader Isabel Georgens 'Gena' Liddicoat, of No. 4 RAAF Hospital based at Butterworth, Malaysia. They are standing in the hold of an RAAF C130-E Hercules transport aircraft. Liddicoat is wearing a black beret that was a special issue for Vietnam medevac nurses and were made for a number of sisters. The Vietnam nominal roll records that Liddicoat, born in Bundaberg, Qld, made 23 flights between Vietnam and Australia in a nineteen month period and a career with the RAAF Nursing Service between March 1958 and June 1969.
F4950002 Superintendent Marie C. Hunter (later Boyle), Australian Red Cross (ARC), unknown RAAF Hercules C130-E crewman, Janice Webb (later Hilton) ARC, and Robyn Harris ARC, standing beside the aircr
"On board the RAAF C130 Hercules aircraft. Central racking of litters is complete." The patients were transported from the 1 Australian Field Hospital in Vung-Tau, Vietnam to RAAF Butterworth base in
Medical evacuees (medevacs) lean against the old Australian Red Cross station wagon in which F4950002 Superintendent Marie C. Hunter (later Boyle) is sitting. The medevacs are transported by an RAAF C
Australian Army medical evacuees (medevacs) being prepared for a Medevac flight to 4 RAAF Hospital at Butterworth, Malaysia. The litter patients in the middle of the ward are being attended to by a me
"The Hercules C130 arrives from RAAF Butterworth with freight which is unloaded and the aircraft prepared for casualty evacuation. The nursing staff who arrived on board were taken to 1AFH for briefin
"On board the RAAF C130 Hercules aircraft. A member of the nursing staff from 4RAAF Hospital Butterworth (in foreground) checks the patients who have been loaded. At the rear end of the aircraft only