P02320.012 Accession Number: P02320.012

Description

Vung Tau, South Vietnam, c. 1969. On the tarmac at Vung Tau, a white RAAF medical evacuation bus with a large Red Cross on its side stands backed up to the open rear cargo doors of RAAF C-130E Hercules aeromedical evacuation aircraft A97-160. Sick and wounded Australian soldiers, brought by the bus from the 1st Australian Field Hospital, are being loaded aboard the aircraft which will soon fly them home to Australia. (Donor anonymous) (Original 35mm transparency housed in AWM Archive Store)

Details

Accession Number
P02320.012
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Slide mount
Physical Description
Support: Acetate
Format: 35mm
Brand: Kodak - Kodachrome
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright unknown - orphaned work

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