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HELPING HAND FOR AN INJURED MATE FROM INFANTRY "MEDIC" PRIVATE (PTE) GORDON POLLARD, 21, OF MOUNT MORGAN, QLD, A 3 PLATOON MEDICAL ORDERLY, IN THE MIDDLE OF A BAMBOO THICKET. THE INJURED SOLDIER, 56010 PTE P. J. JOHNSTONE, HAD BEEN HIT IN THE HEAD BY A FALLING TREE BRANCH. AFTER OTHER TROOPS CLEARED NEARBY JUNGLE, THE PATIENT WAS WINCHED ABOARD A HELICOPTER WHICH TOOK HIM FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT TO THE 1ST AUSTRALIAN FIELD HOSPITAL, VUNG TAU. PTE POLLARD IS SERVING WITH THE 8TH BATTALION, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN REGIMENT (8RAR), WHICH WAS SEARCHING FOR VIET CONG BUNKER HIDEOUTS DURING OPERATION PETRIE.
PHUOC TUY PROVINCE, SOUTH VIETNAM. 1970-07. INFANTRYMEN FROM 3 PLATOON, 8TH BATTALION, THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN REGIMENT (8RAR), HELP AN INJURED MATE ABOARD A SLING TO BE WINCHED TO A HOVERING HELICOPTER.
Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. July 1970. Infantrymen from 3 Platoon, 8th Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment (8RAR), help an injured mate aboard a jungle penetrator strapped in a sling to be
FOUR INFANTRYMEN RUSH AN INJURED MATE TO A WAITING HELICOPTER FOR EVACUATION FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT AT THE 1ST AUSTRALIAN FIELD HOSPITAL, VUNG TAU. 56010 PRIVATE P. J. JOHNSTONE, FROM THE 8TH BATTALION
Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. July 1970. In a rubber plantation, Private Gordon Pollard of Mount Morgan, Qld, medic with 8th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (8RAR), treats his patient. P
Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. July 1970. Private Ian Wise of Tweed Heads, NSW, and Pte Tom Williams of Scone, NSW, both serving with 8th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (8RAR), loaded wi
A column of Centurion tanks rumble through a jungle clearing during Operation Petrie. Riding 'shotgun' on the tail of an armoured recovery vehicle is Private Allen Aspinall of Yeppoon, Qld. He is a fo
