SHA/66/0102/VN Accession Number: SHA/66/0102/VN

Description

Vietnam. 1966-01-29. Miss Kay Hirst of Brighton, Vic, X-ray technician with the Prince Alfred Australian surgical team operating at Bien Hoa hospital, asked Sergeant Ivan Welsh, an Army linguist of the 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), to interpret for her when she talked with a small Vietnamese boy nicknamed "Pudden" by the team.

Details

Accession Number
SHA/66/0102/VN
Photographer
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
1966
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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Accession SHA/66/0102/VN

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