SHA/65/0010A/VN Accession Number: SHA/65/0010A/VN

Description

Australian Red Cross worker, Chief Superintendent Pam Spence of Bentleigh, Vic. Pam, who previously worked with the Australian Military Forces in Singapore, is the only Australian woman in uniform in South Vietnam. Currently serving at the US 3rd Field Hospital, she attends to the needs of Australian and New Zealand troops hospitalised. She is presenting Sapper D. A. James of Liverpool, NSW, with the contents of a Red Cross patient's comfort kit containing pyjamas, thongs, shaving and toilet gear and writing material.

Details

Accession Number
SHA/65/0010A/VN
Photographer
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Film original negative 120 safety base
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Measurement
Overall: 2 3/16 in x 2 7/16 in
Image: 2 3/16 in x 2 1/4 in
Date Made
October 1965
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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Accession SHA/65/0010A/VN

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