CUN/71/0173/VN Accession Number: CUN/71/0173/VN

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Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. March 1971. Australian soldiers played an important role in getting a badly injured Vietnamese woman to hospital after she had been knocked down by a hit and run driver near Baria, the capital of Phuoc Tuy Province. The woman, who sustained a broken leg, was made as comfortable as possible until a Vietnamese medic had administered drugs before she was taken to the Baria hospital. 3794635 Lance Corporal Fedor Poczyhajlo of Reservoir, Vic, a member of 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), and a Vietnamese soldier seen here making the woman comfortable until she goes to hospital.

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Accession Number
CUN/71/0173/VN
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
1971
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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