The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 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, escorts Matron in Chief of the Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps (RAANC), Colonel Edna Doig of Manly, NSW, and the Comm
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 Comm
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. 1969-10. The Director of Infantry, Colonel D. S. Thompson (right) walks through a ward at the 1st Australian Field Hospital during a visit. With him is Lieutenant Colonel M. A
Vung Tau, South Vietnam. 1969-11. General Sir John Wilton (right), Chairman of the Chief of Staff Committee, has a talk with Aircraftman Terry May of Brighton, SA, a member of No. 9 Squadron RAAF, a p
