The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
VIETNAM, 1967-08. SURROUNDED BY POTENTIAL PATIENTS, CIVIL AFFAIRS MEDICAL OFFICER MAJOR BRUCE FOX OF SWANBOURNE, WA (LEFT), AND THE MEDICAL OFFICER WITH 2RAR /NZ (ANZAC) (THE ANZAC BATTALION COMPRISING 2ND BATTALION, THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN REGIMENT AND A COMPONENT FROM THE 1ST BATTALION, ROYAL NEW ZEALAND INFANTRY REGIMENT), CAPTAIN GRAHAM MAYNARD OF BANYO, QLD, DISCUSS A CIVIL ACTION PROGRAMME OUTSIDE THE DISPENSARY AT DAT DO. THIS VILLAGE, FIFTEEN MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE AUSTRALIAN TASK FORCE BASE AT NUI DAT, HAD BEEN ALLOCATED TO 2ND BATTALION FOR CONTINUING CIVIL ACTION PROGRAMMES. THE MAJOR TASK DURING THE PROGRAMME WAS THE MEDICAL EXAMINATION AND TREATMENT OF MORE THAN 600 CHILDREN.
Vietnam. 1967-11. A soldier suffering from heat exhaustion during Operation Santa Fe is checked by the doctor with 2RAR /NZ (ANZAC) (The ANZAC Battalion comprising 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian
Vietnam. 1967-07. A cut hand was the first casualty among members of 2RAR /NZ (ANZAC) (The ANZAC Battalion comprising 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment and a component from the 1st Battalio
Vietnam. 1967-08. Private (Pte) Ross Pigdon of Cue, WA, shares a joke with a school teacher from the village of Dat Do, as she tries to explain to him a name tag on a student's shirt. Pte Pigdon was o
Dat Do, Vietnam. 1967-08. Private Bill Thomas of Neutral Bay, NSW, and 2RAR /NZ (ANZAC) (The ANZAC Battalion comprising 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment and a component from the 1st Battal
Vietnam. 1967-08. Welfare officer with 2RAR /NZ (ANZAC) (The ANZAC Battalion comprising 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment and a component from the 1st Battalion, Royal New Zealand Infantry
2781685 Private Noel Backman of Deniliquin, NSW, using the field telephone to advise an Army helicopter pilot where to land medical supplies required by members of 2RAR /NZ (ANZAC) (The ANZAC Battalio
