RAAF and 8 Field Ambulance medical orderlies loading Medevac patients from a bus to an RAAF ...

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Accession Number P02017.021
Collection type Photograph
Object type Transparency
Maker Boyle, Marie Constance
Place made Vietnam: Vung Tau Special Zone, Vung Tau
Date made 1968
Conflict Vietnam, 1962-1975
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Description

RAAF and 8 Field Ambulance medical orderlies loading Medevac patients from a bus to an RAAF C130-E transport aircraft. The patients were initially flown to 4 RAAF Hospital at Butterworth, Malaysia, and then on to Australia when their condition enabled them to cope with the arduous flight.