Vietnam nurse Maureen Patch left an easier life for the 1st Australian field Hospital in Vung Tau, South Vietnam

By Ben Langford
Updated August 6 2016 - 4:00pm, first published August 5 2016 - 5:30pm
We will remember them: Maureen Patch (nee Healy) at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra
We will remember them: Maureen Patch (nee Healy) at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra

Maureen Patch says her heroines are the 22 Australian nurses gunned down in the Bangka Island massacre of 1942. That gives us an idea of why she volunteered for service in Vietnam.

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