P03295.001 Accession Number: P03295.001

Description

A heavily sandbagged bunker or outpost on one corner of the roof of the building used as living quarters by an Australian civilian surgical/medical team. More than 450 civilian medical and surgical staff volunteered to work in hospitals in Vietnam to instruct and teach Vietnamese medical and paramedical personnel and provide medical aid to anyone who required it.

Details

Accession Number
P03295.001
Photographer
John Pozzi
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Colour - Film original transparency (positive) other
Physical Description
Format: 35mm
Date Made
July 1968 - October 1968
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Donor E Mackintosh
Copyright
AWM Licensed copyright

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