The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Entrance to surgical ward at 1 Australian Field Hospital, Vung Tau. Wheelchair patient Private Merv Judd 9 RAR of Newport, NSW. Sister Barbara Black of Camberwell, VIC. Patient gets out of wheelchair to bed. Crutuches brought over and he starts to walk. He was wounded in both legs by a bullet six days before, bone broken in one leg and heel of other foot damaged but he is now taking his first steps to recovery. Close up of the Commanding Officer 1 Fd Hosp Lieutenant Colonel Ray Hurley of Everton Park, Brisbane. Close up of hands of 1 Fd Hosp pathologist Major Purser as he opens blood transfusion refrigerator and removes a bag of blood plasma. Caroline Fitzpatrick Red Cross of Edwardstown, SA wheels Pte Judd into scene with group of soldiers. Flags at 1 Fd Hosp. Beach sequence where group of patients from hospital walk with Red Cross girl, Beryl Snezwell of Templestowe, Melbourne. Physical Training Instructor Herbie Ross of Annandale, NSW (wearing white singlet) works with Pte Laurie Rounds of Albury, NSW who suffered a back injury while training at Nui Dat. Kitchen area of 1 Fd Hosp. Pte Doug Turner of Sydney, NSW and Cpl John O'shea of Wacol, QLD working in kitchen. Aerial view of approaches to 1 Fd Hosp showing Back Beach area of peninsula and Vung Tau. Vampire helipad filmed from Dustoff helicopter. Close up of pilot's hand on aircraft controls. Close up of 9 Squadron RAAF crest. Operating theatre showing medical officers and assistants treating patient. Medevac from 1 Fd Hosp to RAAF C130 Hercules transport aircraft at Vung Tau airfield for evacuation to Australia.
Part 1 of 1st Australian Field Hospital DPR/TV/1043
Part 2 of 1st Australian Field Hospital DPR/TV/1043
Wounded and sick diggers in South Vietnam come to rely on the Australian Red Cross visitors, who provide them with amenities and a helping hand during their stay in hospital. The Red Cross workers ope
Patients being carried on stretchers to waiting bus. Patients farewelling medevac patients. Bus drives through gates of 1 ALSG, through Vung Tau to airfield and mates with Hercules aircraft. Unloading
Members of the Pacific Islands Regiment are lectured on the mosquito by Sergeant Charles Corbett of Holsworthy NSW. Cut away - member of Pacific Islands Regiment. Close up of Sergeant Corbett. Char
The Australian 8th Field Ambulance at Vung Tau in South Vietnam is the main medical centre where Australian casualties are evacuated form the battlefield, and helicopters have been lifting wounded sol
Christmas greetings to family and friends from Australians serving in Vietnam. Produced for broadcast on Victorian television by the Australian Army Directorate of Public Relations. 1. 18 Major Gene
At Baria, the provincial capital of Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, a new surgical ward and hygiene system are opened at the Dr Pham Huu Chi Hospital. Australian Civic Action teams over the past tw
