FAI/70/0284/VN Accession Number: FAI/70/0284/VN

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Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. May 1970. A sick Vietnamese peasant from the far north of the province is helped from an armoured personnel carrier (APC) to a waiting RAAF helicopter by his wife, a Vietnamese interpreter and Captain John Chambermain of Puckapunyal, Vic, a doctor with the 1st Australian Civil Affairs Unit, for a flight to Baria Hospital.

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Accession Number
FAI/70/0284/VN
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
1970
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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