The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 Yvonne Werndly of Rivervale, WA, members of the Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps (RAANC), spend as much of their limited free time as possible swimming or water skiing in the South China sea which laps the beach a few hundred yards from the hospital.
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 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
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. 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
Vung Tau, South Vietnam. 1969. Theatre nursing sister at 1st Australian Field Hospital is responsible for seeing that the theatre is always ready to receive wounded soldiers as they are brought to the
