The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
VIETNAM. 1967-06. THE FIRST FOUR MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ARMY NURSING CORPS TO SERVE ON OPERATIONAL DUTY IN VIETNAM PAID THEIR INITIAL VISIT TO THE VILLAGE OF HOA LONG NEAR THE AUSTRALIAN TASK FORCE BASE AT NUI DAT. ONE OF THE FOUR NURSES, LIEUTENANT TERRIE ROCHE OF GOULBURN, NSW, MADE FRIENDS WITH A YOUNG VIETNAMESE BOY, CALLED RABBIT. RABBIT IS THE MASCOT OF THE CIVIC ACTION TEAM, AND ON TWO OCCASIONS HE HAS GIVEN EARLY WARNING OF VIET CONG AND COMMUNIST SNIPERS, THUS SAVING THE LIFE OF THE SENIOR CIVIC ACTION OFFICER, MAJOR JOHN DONOHOE OF MOSMAN, NSW. THE NURSES' PRESENCE IN VIETNAM HAS PROVIDED ADDITIONAL MEDICAL PERSONNEL AND HAS ASSISTED THE RAPID RECOVERY OF INJURED AND WOUNDED SOLDIERS.
Hoa Long, Vietnam. 1967. Seated in a truck, left to right: US Army Captain Dick Church of Augusta, USA, the second in command of the Task Force Civic Action Team at the wheel, Army Nurse Lieutenant Co
Hoa Long, Vietnam. 1967-08. Army Nurse Lieutenant Terrie Roche of Goulburn, NSW (centre), makes friends with a young Vietnamese boy known as Rabbit, watched by other Vietnamese children. At right is A
Vietnam. 1967. Army nurses, Lieutenant Margaret Ahern of Leeton, NSW (left) holding a Vietnamese baby, and Lieutenant Terrie Roche of Goulburn, NSW, make friends with the Vietnamese children of Hoa Lo
VIETNAM. 1967-06. THE FIRST FOUR MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ARMY NURSING CORPS TO SERVE ON OPERATIONAL DUTY IN VIETNAM MADE THEIR INITIAL VISIT TO THE VILLAGE OF HOA LONG, NEAR THE AUSTRALIAN TAS
VIETNAM. 1967. MEET THE PEOPLE OF HOA LONG VILLAGE IN VIETNAM AND A GROUP ARMY NURSES ARE DOING JUST THAT. LEFT TO RIGHT: LIEUTENANT MARGARET AHERN OF LEETON, NSW, AND CAPTAIN AMY PITTENDRIEGH OF MANJ
Vung Tau, Vietnam. 1967-10. A woman Viet Cong cadre member, wounded during an Australian Task Force operation in Phuoc Tuy Province, is under expert medical care at the 8th Field Ambulance. Army siste
