Unloading wounded from Helicopter

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SLSA catalogueCatalogue recordSLSA referencePRG 1540/3

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PhotographerBarnes, GeoffreyTitleUnloading wounded from HelicopterDate taken1967-1969Description

PRG 1540/3/79: 'The team moves in to unload the wounded' at the 8th Field Ambulance hospital, Vung Tau, Vietnam.

PRG 1540/3/80: 'Only one patient this time'.

PRG 1540/3/81: 'The casualties are taken straight to triage'.

History/biography

Geoff Barnes served as a National Serviceman in the Vietnam War, after being conscripted in the 'lottery' system. Basic training was at Puckapunyal, following which he joined the Medical Corps, working with the Eight Field Ambulance in Vietnam (as a medical orderly, and then in the laboratory). After his return from Vietnam he taught in Darwin for 12 months before resigning and travelling overseas for two years, after which he returned to Australia where he has done a variety of jobs.

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PersonGeoffrey BarnesPlace^[1]EventThe Vietnam WarThemeSouth Australians in the Vietnam WarSubjectVietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Participation, Australian -- Pictorial works

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Unloading wounded from Helicopter