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Commandant Janice Webb and Wing Officer Betty Docker

Title
Commandant Janice Webb and Wing Officer Betty Docker
Repository
Australian War Memorial Research Centre
Reference
P02017.027
Date Range
1967
Description

Colour photograph taken at Vung Tau, South Vietnam. 1967. Commandant Janice Webb (later Hilton), Australian Red Cross (ARC) (left), and Wing Officer Betty Docker, Matron of 4 RAAF Hospital at Butterworth, Malaysia, standing on the airstrip tarmac beside a United States Army refuelling truck. The two women had just supervised the pre-flight care and loading of sick patients and wounded servicemen being evacuated (medivacs) aboard an RAAF C130-E aircraft.

Formats
Photograph

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