P02017.026 Accession Number: P02017.026

Description

F4950002 Commandant Marie C. Hunter (later Boyle), Australian Red Cross (ARC), holding Mot, a South Vietnamese orphan, in the Red Cross library at the Australian Base. One of the few survivors from a bombed village, Mot spent several months under the care of the ARC before being transferred to the care of a local orphanage. Note the Christmas tree and decorations in the background.

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Accession Number
P02017.026
Photographer
Unknown
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Transparency
Physical Description
Colour: Colour
Date Made
25 December 1967
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Donor M Boyle
Copyright
Copyright unknown

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