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Army nursing sister Fayette Lewis
A total of 42 Australian army nursing sisters were sent to Vietnam between April 1967 and November 1971, undertaking tours of up to 12 months.
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Fayette Lewis and her favourite music that she listened to when she was in Vietnam
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Margaret Hopkraft
The nurses were assigned to a military hospital in a war zone with no advance preparation for what the would encounter.
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Margaret Hopkraft still looks after her Koala which she took too Vietnam
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Lieutenant Terrie Ross is a former nursing sister in the Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps she served in Vietnam between May 1967 and May 1968.
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Terrie Ross: "I took a little wombat a kangaroo and a Kookabura to Vietnam, they always reminded me of home."
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Lieutenant Trish Feruson
We were caring for horrifically injured soldiers straight off the battlefield, understaffed, using basic equipment and often in difficult working conditions.
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Trish Feruson: "I kept a photograph of myself taken before I went to Vietnam."
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Lieutenant Leslie Simken
All dedicated sisters all share a story about caring and coping with the harsh realties of the Vietnam war. Many of them kept a token or a souvenir filled with memories and moments that will remain with them for life.
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Leslie Simken: "I my veil it was part of my nursing uniform."
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Diane Badcock: "This little bible went everywhere with me, it gave me hope and inspiration at times I needed it most."
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Lietenant Diane Badcock is a former nursing sister in the Royal Australian Army Nursing Cops she served in Vietnam in 1969 and 1970
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Lieutenant Patricia Kennedy is a former nursing sister in the Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps she served in Vietnam in 1969
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Patricia Kennedy: "This letter opener was given to me by one of the soldiers"
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