Jean O'Neill as a member of the Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps (RAANC), 1953-1977, interviewed by Jan Bassett

Places	Asia: Japan, Kure Asia: Korea, Tokchon Asia: Malaya, Malacca Asia: Vietnam, Phuoc Tuy Province, Nui Dat Oceania: Australia, Victoria, Puckapunyal
Accession Number	S01814
Collection type	Sound
Measurement	27 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	Bassett, Jan O'Neill, Jean
Date made	11 November 1986
Access	Open
Conflict	Period 1950-1959 Period 1970-1979 Period 1960-1969 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

Description

Enlisted 13 January 1953 in Brisbane, discharged 12 January 1977 in Sydney; lists ranks and postings during career; early life; trained in civilian nursing at Cairns, Queensland; after army training at Puckapunyal in Victoria posted to British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF) hospital at Kure in Japan in April 1954 where she worked as a theatre sister; sent to Korea in September 1954 and served with the 25th Canadian FDS in Tokchon; describes trip to Korea; discusses living and working conditions at Kure and Tokchon; description of casualties; working relationship between Australian, Canadian and British nurses; supplies and equipment; food; recreation; returned to Australia in 1956; from 1963-65 posted to Malaya; worked at British Military hospital in Kingrara then posted out to MRS at Malacca; nursing families of military personnel in Malaya; periods of extra study and teaching; discusses attitude to nurses carrying arms; advances in medical treatment as a result of war; triage; in 1968 led the second team of nurses sent to Vietnam; describes conditions and quality of personnel; discusses men joining the RAANC. END OF INTERVIEW
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