The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Vung Tau, South Vietnam. 1969. In the intensive care ward at 1st Australian Field Hospital a constant check is kept to ensure that life-saving equipment is ready when needed. Even with no patients in the ward Sister Norma Dickson of Morwell, Vic, one of the Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps (RAANC), checks and rechecks a respirator. Within minutes the medical evacuation helicopters can bring seriously wounded men who, after operations in the neighbouring theatre could spend days in the intensive care ward before going out into the main part of the hospital.
Vung Tau, South Vietnam. 1969-07. Lieutenant Norma Dickson of Morwell, Vic, and a nursing sister of the Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps (RAANC), checks resuscitation equipment in the intensive car
Vung Tau, South Vietnam. 1969. Two nursing sisters at the 1st Australian Field Hospital, run out of the water on to the beach. Sister Norma Dickson of Morwell, Vic (left, dark bathers), and Sister Yvo
Vung Tau, South Vietnam. 1969-07. Sister Yvonne Werndly of Rivervale, WA (left, combing her hair), and Sister Norma Dickson of Morwell, Vic, sit on their towels at the beach after a quick swim in the
Vung Tau, South Vietnam. 1969-06. Private Tom Brown of Broadmeadows, Vic, is visited by the Commander of Australian Forces in Vietnam (COMAFV), Major General R. A. Hay of Red Hill, ACT, while on a tou
Vung Tau, South Vietnam. 1969-07. Sister Yvonne Werndly of Rivervale, WA (left, combing her hair), and Sister Norma Dickson of Morwell, Vic, sit on their towels at the beach after a quick swim in the
Vung Tau, South Vietnam. 1969-07. Sister Yvonne Werndly of Riverdale, WA (left), and Sister Norma Dickson of Morwell, Vic, head back to the 1st Australian Field Hospital after a swim in the South Chin
