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Accession Number | S01822 |
Collection type | Sound |
Measurement | 1 hr 4 min |
Object type | Oral history |
Physical description | 1/4 inch sound tape reel; BASF LP 35; 3 3/4 ips/9.5 cm.s; stereo; 5 inch |
Maker |
McGurgan (nee Smith), Leslie Margaret Bassett, Jan |
Date made | 19 October 1986 |
Access | Open |
Conflict |
Vietnam, 1962-1975 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial This item is licensed under CC BY-NC |
Copying Provisions | Copyright restrictions apply. Only personal, non-commercial, research and study use permitted. Permission of copyright holder required for any commercial use and/or reproduction. |
Source credit to | AWM Special Project Fellowship Award |
Leslie Margaret McGurgan (nee Smith) as a member of the Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps (RAANC), South Vietnam, 1970-1971, interviewed by Jan Bassett
Description
Early life; commenced nursing training at Prince Henry Hospital, Sydney in March 1963; joined Citizens Military Force in 1967; joined regular army on 28 March 1969; left for Vietnam on 28 April 1970; describes living and working conditions at hospital in Vung Tau; recreation; describes patients and injuries treated; supplies and equipment; loneliness; professional relationship between doctors and nurses; lack of support from system for nurses in Vietnam; treatment of Vietnam veterans. END OF INTERVIEW
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Leslie Margaret McGurgan (nee Smith) as a member of the Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps (RAANC), South Vietnam, 1970-1971, interviewed by Jan Bassett
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Leslie Margaret McGurgan (nee Smith) as a member of the Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps (RAANC), South Vietnam, 1970-1971, interviewed by Jan Bassett