The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Matron of 1 Australian Field Hospital, Major Nell Espie of Oatlands, Tasmania, escorts Matron in Chief of the Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps (RAANC), Colonel Edna Doig of Manly, NSW, and the Commanding Officer of the 1st Australian Field Hospital (1AFH), Lieutenant Colonel Michael Naughton of Holsworthy, NSW, who stop and talk with 44854 Private Stephen Herbert (Steve) Muller of Plympton, SA, a member of 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR), during a tour of the hospital. Colonel Doig was visiting Australian and American medical installations in the war zone. Private Muller had been wounded with shrapnel to the head and left ear during the battle of Hat Dich in August 1969 and returned to hospital for a month with a severe ear infection in November.
Matron of 1 Australian Field Hospital, Major Nell Espie of Oatlands, Tasmania (left), escorts Matron in Chief of the Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps (RAANC), Colonel Edna Doig of Manly, NSW, and t
Matron of 1 Australian Field Hospital, Major Nell Espie of Oatlands, Tasmania (left), escorts Matron in Chief of the Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps (RAANC), Colonel Edna Doig of Manly, NSW, and t
A patient in the hospital, 16207 Sergeant Leonard Norman (Len) Dyer of the 1st Field Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery (RAA), receives a visit from the Matron in Chief of the Royal Australian Army
A patient in the hospital, 16207 Sergeant Leonard Norman (Len) Dyer of the 1st Field Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery (RAA), receives a visit from the Matron in Chief of the Royal Australian Army
Vung Tau, South Vietnam. 1969-08. Portrait of Major Nell Espie of Oatlands, Tas, Matron of the 1st Australian Field Hospital, where a team of twelve ANZAC sisters treat most of the casualties from the
Vung Tau, South Vietnam. 1969. In the classroom, Sister Patricia Yorke of Camp Hill, Qld, checking a lesson with one of her Vietnamese pupils, is one of the Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps (RAANC)
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
