P02017.027 Accession Number: P02017.027

Description

Commandant Janice Webb (later Hilton), Australian Red Cross (ARC) (left), and Wing Officer Betty Docker, Matron of 4 RAAF Hospital at Butterworth, Malaysia, standing on the airstrip tarmac beside a United States Army refuelling truck. The two women had just supervised the pre-flight care and loading of sick patients and wounded servicemen being evacuated (medevacs) aboard an RAAF C130-E aircraft.

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Accession Number
P02017.027
Photographer
Superintendent Marie Constance Boyle MBE OAM
Photographer
Superintendant Marie C Hunter
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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