Australian Army Apprentices Association Inc

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War Wounds Conference

War wounds: medicine and the trauma of conflict
at the Australian War Memorial

24-25 September 2009

A number of talks are of special interest toVietnam veterans including the debate and discussion on ‘Agent Orange’

Check the web-site for details: http://www.awm.gov.au/events/conference/2009/index.asp.

There will be two days of presentations including Shell shock and the shadow of the Great War; the Veterans’ View of Agent Orange; Nazi human experiments and the replication of war wounds; A short walk in a minefield, a doctor’s experiences of mine casualties; Surgery under fire: civilian surgical teams in Vietnam; Military nursing in Afghanistan, 2008; Veterans’ health: the long term effects of war service on Australian veterans of conflicts in Korea, Vietnam and Iraq; and Living with war wounds: a soldier’s view.



See the web-site for details. http://www.awm.gov.au/events/conference/2009/index.asp.

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Craig
31/32 ET
Membership Secretary