Denis Gibbons (1937 – 2011) Trained with the Australian Army, before travelling to Vietnam in January 1966, Denis stayed with the 1st Australian Task Force in Nui Dat working as a photographer. For almost five years Gibbons toured with nine Australian infantry battalions, posting compelling war images from within many combat zones before being flown out in late November 1970 after sustaining injuries. The images held within the National Vietnam Veterans Museum make up the Gibbons Collection. A black and white photograph of Engineer 'Tunnel Rats' prepare to enter a NVA/VietCong bunker complex, and its connecting tunnels to check the underground area for enemy, prior to blowing up the complex North West of the 1st Australian Task Force Base, Nui Dat, Phuoc Tuy Province.photograph, tunnel rats, nva/vc, 1st atf base, nui dat, gibbons collection catalogue, engineers, nva viet cong, phuoc tuy province, denis gibbons

Denis Gibbons (1937 – 2011) Trained with the Australian Army, before travelling to Vietnam in January 1966, Denis stayed with the 1st Australian Task Force in Nui Dat working as a photographer. For almost five years Gibbons toured with nine Australian infantry battalions, posting compelling war images from within many combat zones before being flown out in late November 1970 after sustaining injuries. The images held within the National Vietnam Veterans Museum make up the Gibbons Collection. A black and whitie photograph of an Ambulatory Patient's Mess near one of the wards at the NVA Viet Cong K76A Hospital Nui May Tao Mountain, captured during Operation Marsden by 6 RAR/NZ (ANZAC). Note the cleanliness of the area under the well kept plastic covered hut.photograph, 6 rar/nz, k76a hospital, operation marsden, nui may tao mountain, gibbons collection catalogue, nva/vc, 6 rar/nz (anzac), nva viet cong, denis gibbons

pair of hand made VC chop sticks, made from discarded tin cansequipment, vietnam, army

Mannequin dressed in NVA uniform, wearing webbing, helmet, tyre sandals and carrying a riflenva, uniform, mannequin

Resin copy of a Chicom Grenade used by Vietcon and NVA troops during the Vietnam Warammunition, vietnam, army

Denis Gibbons (1937 – 2011) Trained with the Australian Army, before travelling to Vietnam in January 1966, Denis stayed with the 1st Australian Task Force in Nui Dat working as a photographer. For almost five years Gibbons toured with nine Australian infantry battalions, posting compelling war images from within many combat zones before being flown out in late November 1970 after sustaining injuries. The images held within the National Vietnam Veterans Museum make up the Gibbons Collection.A black and white photograph of Gunners of 104 Battery RAA at Fire Base "Betty" firing on a high angle against NVA/VietCong sappers attempting to attack the giant US supply depot at Long Binh in Bien Hoa province during the 1969 Tet Offensivephotograph, gunner, 104 battery raa, fire base betty, nva/vc, long binh, bien hoa, tet offensive, 1969, gibbons collection catalogue, nva/vietcong sappers, denis gibbons

Wooden Cross painted grey. Gordon C Sharp 21 - TV Cameraman. Spent three months in Service. Called up 30/06/1965 Commissioned 2nd Lt December 18 1966 Posted to D Company 6 RAR as Platoon Commander in Battle of Long Tan against VC Killed in Action by sniper 18/08/1966Gordon C Sharp 21 - TV Cameraman. Spent three months in Service. Called up 30/06/1965 Commissioned 2nd Lt December 18 1966 Posted to D Company 6 RAR as Platoon Commander in Battle of Long Tan against VC Killed in Action by sniper 18/08/1966wooden cross, 2nd lt gordon c sharp, killed in action, d company, 6 rar

Denis Gibbons (1937 – 2011) Trained with the Australian Army, before travelling to Vietnam in January 1966, Denis stayed with the 1st Australian Task Force in Nui Dat working as a photographer. For almost five years Gibbons toured with nine Australian infantry battalions, posting compelling war images from within many combat zones before being flown out in late November 1970 after sustaining injuries. The images held within the National Vietnam Veterans Museum make up the Gibbons Collection. A black and white photograph of a recreation area near one the wards at the NVA Viet Cong K76A Hospital on the Nui May Tao Mountain captured during Operation Marsden by 6 RAR/NZ (ANZAC). Note the bomb shelter under the well kept plastic covered hut.photograph, 6 rar/nz, k76a hospital, nui may tao mountain, operation marsden, gibbons collection catalogue, nva/vc, 6 rar/nz (anzac), nva/vietcong, bomb shelter, denis gibbons

Denis Gibbons (1937 – 2011) Trained with the Australian Army, before travelling to Vietnam in January 1966, Denis stayed with the 1st Australian Task Force in Nui Dat working as a photographer. For almost five years Gibbons toured with nine Australian infantry battalions, posting compelling war images from within many combat zones before being flown out in late November 1970 after sustaining injuries. The images held within the National Vietnam Veterans Museum make up the Gibbons Collection. A black and white photograph of Diggers collect clothing and patient's aids from a store at the NVA Viet Cong K76A Hospital captured by 6 RAR/NZ (ANZAC) on the Nui May Tao Mountain during Operation Marsden. The diggers had a well deserved rest in the hospital area during its search.photograph, 6 rar/nz, k76a hospital, nui may tao mountain, operation marsden, gibbons collection catalogue, nva/vc, diggers, 6 rar/nz (anzac), denis gibbons

Denis Gibbons (1937 – 2011) Trained with the Australian Army, before travelling to Vietnam in January 1966, Denis stayed with the 1st Australian Task Force in Nui Dat working as a photographer. For almost five years Gibbons toured with nine Australian infantry battalions, posting compelling war images from within many combat zones before being flown out in late November 1970 after sustaining injuries. The images held within the National Vietnam Veterans Museum make up the Gibbons Collection. A black and white photograph of Engineer 'Tunnel Rats' prepare to blow a NVA/VietCong bunker complex and its connecting tunnels, and at the same time seed the underground area with C.S, gas crystals North West of the 1st Australian Task Force Base, Nui Dat, Phuoc Tuy Province.photograph, 1st atf base, nui dat, tunnel rats, nva/vc, gibbons collection catalogue, engineers, c s gas, nva viet cong, phuoc tuy province, denis gibbons

Bon Viet Cong Va Be Lu Se Khong the Ton Tai Duoc Tren Phan Dat Nay - The Viet Cong and their gang will bot be able to survive in this land. On the reverse there is a sketch of a VC on a road facing GVN soldiers, aircraft and armour.On the front reads:Bon Viet Cong Va Be Lu Se Khong the Ton Tai Duoc Tren Phan Dat Nay with the details under the heading in Vietnamese. On the reverse side there is a sketch of villager facing GVN Soldiers, Aircraft and Armour. With writing on back.pamphlet, psycological warfare, propaganda, nva/vc, viet cong, 7th battalion, 1st battalion, terry michael collie, 2790361, the royal australian regiment, gvn soldiers

Denis Gibbons (1937 – 2011) Trained with the Australian Army, before travelling to Vietnam in January 1966, Denis stayed with the 1st Australian Task Force in Nui Dat working as a photographer. For almost five years Gibbons toured with nine Australian infantry battalions, posting compelling war images from within many combat zones before being flown out in late November 1970 after sustaining injuries. The images held within the National Vietnam Veterans Museum make up the Gibbons Collection. A black and white photograph of Medics and Intelligence Officers move to board a American Dustoff medical evacuation helicopter to return to the NVA/Viet Cong K76A Hospital wards captured on the Nui May Tao Mountain by 6 RAR/NZ (ANZAC) during Operation Marsden.photograph, dustoff, nui may tao mountain, 6 rar/nz, nva/vc, k76a hospital, gibbons collection catalogue, intelligence officers, medics, nva/vietcong, operation marsden, 6 rar/nz (anzac), denis gibbons

A black and white photograph of Capt Tony Eaton, Kirribilli, NSW, the 1st ATF Artillery Intelligence Officer assisted by Sgt Paul Butcher, Doncaster, Vic, checks the impact area of a NVA/VietCong 107mm rocket for fragments and impact angle, beside the Nui Dat Base, Luscombe Airfield (29th March 1969)photograph, capt tony eaton, sgt paul butcher, 1 atf base, artillery intelligence officer, nva/vc, 107mm rocket, nui dat base, luscombe airfield, gibbons collection catalogue

A black and white photograph of Capt Tony Eaton, Kirribilly, NSW the 1st ATF Artillery Intelligence Officer assisted by Sgt Paul Butcher, Doncaster, Vic check an impact area. of a NVA/VietCong 107mm rocket after an overnight attack by enemy gunners on the 1ATF Base, Nui Dat (29th March 1969)photograph, 1st atf base, artillery intelligence officer, capt tony eaton, sgt paul butcher, nva/vc, 107mm rocket, nui dat, luscombe airfield, gibbons collection catalogue

A black and white photograph of Capt Tony Eaton, Kirribilli, NSW, The 1st ATF Artillery Intelligence Officer assisted by Sgt Paul Butcher, Doncaster, Vic. check an impact area of a NVA/VietCong 107mm rocket after an overnight attack by enemy gunners on the 1ATF Base Nui Dat. (29th March 1969)photograph, 1 atf base, capt tony eaton, artillery intelligence officer, sgt paul butcher, nva/vc, 107mm rocket, nui dat, luscombe airfield, gibbons collection catalogue

Denis Gibbons (1937 – 2011) Trained with the Australian Army, before travelling to Vietnam in January 1966, Denis stayed with the 1st Australian Task Force in Nui Dat working as a photographer. For almost five years Gibbons toured with nine Australian infantry battalions, posting compelling war images from within many combat zones before being flown out in late November 1970 after sustaining injuries. The images held within the National Vietnam Veterans Museum make up the Gibbons Collection. A black and white photograph of the M16A Anti-Personnel Mine used in the 'Barrier Minefield' from Dat Do to the sea, to prevent NVA/VietCong infiltration into the hills east of the 1 ATF base at Nui Dat. The mines were regularly stolen from the minefield and used against 1 ATF units (February 1967)photograph, 1 atf, nui dat, m16a anti personnel mine, barrier minefield, dat do, gibbons collection catalogue, nva/vc, nva/vietcong, denis gibbons

Black and white photograph. See also VC 2975 (Images RE 0026 and RE 0028) Typed directly below photograph, "'The Dive' East Ringwood, where the Aquatic Sports are held". Typed on mounting sheet below photograph, "'The Dive' East Ringwood, Knaith Rd. where the aquatic sports were held was a clayhole from a brickworks. Note diving tower. Building to left was part of the brickworks complex. Later the site of the East Ringwood Community Centre". One copy marked 1924, another "1925?"

Taken from AW Dickson 1987 calendar. Refer to VC item 26282 for full details

Taken from AW Dickson 1987 calendar. Refer to VC item 26282 for full details

Taken from AW Dickson 1987 calendar. Refer to VC item 26282 for full details

Taken from AW Dickson 1987 calendar. Refer to VC item 26282 for full details

Taken from AW Dickson 1987 calendar. Refer to VC item 26282 for full details

Taken from AW Dickson 1987 calendar. Refer to VC item 26282 for full details

B&W photograph. See also VC 2397 for other images of the clocktower under constructionWritten on backing sheet, "Dome of old tower being placed on new one - 1967".

Coloured sheet with pictures of Lt Norman Holbrook VC showing details of Wills cigarette card.

Denis Gibbons (1937 – 2011) Trained with the Australian Army, before travelling to Vietnam in January 1966, Denis stayed with the 1st Australian Task Force in Nui Dat working as a photographer. For almost five years Gibbons toured with nine Australian infantry battalions, posting compelling war images from within many combat zones before being flown out in late November 1970 after sustaining injuries. The images held within the National Vietnam Veterans Museum make up the Gibbons Collection. A black and white photograph - This hut was believed to be the hospital Commanding Officers quarters at the NVA/VietCong K76A Hospital on the Nui May Tao Mountain, captured during Operation Marsden by 6 RAR/NZ(ANZAC). Note the bomb shelter under the well kept plastic covered hutphotograph, 6 rar/nz, k76a hospital, nui may tao mountain, operation marsden, gibbons collection catalogue, nva/vc, 6 rar/nz (anzac), commanding officer, nva/vietcong, bomb shelter, denis gibbons

Denis Gibbons (1937 – 2011) Trained with the Australian Army, before travelling to Vietnam in January 1966, Denis stayed with the 1st Australian Task Force in Nui Dat working as a photographer. For almost five years Gibbons toured with nine Australian infantry battalions, posting compelling war images from within many combat zones before being flown out in late November 1970 after sustaining injuries. The images held within the National Vietnam Veterans Museum make up the Gibbons Collection.A black and white photograph of a rotary (helicopter) wing pilot and his 'Possum' aircraft, swooping low over the jungle of Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, in search of a very elusive NVA/VietCong enemy. These unarmed aircraft were part of the eyes of the Australina Task Force.photograph, helicopter, possum aircraft, jungle, phuoc tuy province, south vietnam, nva/vc, gibbons collection catalogue, denis gibbons, photographer, vietnam war, viet cong, australian task force

Denis Gibbons (1937 – 2011) Trained with the Australian Army, before travelling to Vietnam in January 1966, Denis stayed with the 1st Australian Task Force in Nui Dat working as a photographer. For almost five years Gibbons toured with nine Australian infantry battalions, posting compelling war images from within many combat zones before being flown out in late November 1970 after sustaining injuries. The images held within the National Vietnam Veterans Museum make up the Gibbons Collection.A black and white photograph of 2Lt Tom 'Rockets' Guivarra, a fixed wing pilot with 161 (Indep) Recce Flight at the controls of his Cessna fixed wing aircraft, as he carries out yet another mission over the jungle of Phuoc Tuy Province searching for signs of NVA/VietCong operations.photograph, 2lt tom "rockets" guivarra, 161 recon flt, cessna, phuoc tuy province, nva/vc, gibbons collection catalogue, 161 (indep) recce flt, fixed wing pilot, jungle, nva/vietcong, denis gibbons

Denis Gibbons (1937 – 2011) Trained with the Australian Army, before travelling to Vietnam in January 1966, Denis stayed with the 1st Australian Task Force in Nui Dat working as a photographer. For almost five years Gibbons toured with nine Australian infantry battalions, posting compelling war images from within many combat zones before being flown out in late November 1970 after sustaining injuries. The images held within the National Vietnam Veterans Museum make up the Gibbons Collection.A coloured photograph of A Gunner of 104 Battery Royal Australian Artillery at Fire Base Betty, mans the observation tower constructed in the Fire Support Base. the tower maintained a vigil on probing attempts by NVA/VietCong and assisted incoming helicopters druing Tet Offensive 1969photograph, 104 battery, raa, fire base betty, nva/vc, long bien, tet offensive, 1969, gibbons collection catalogue, gunner, royal australian artillery, fire support base, nva/vietcong, helicopters, denis gibbons

Denis Gibbons (1937 – 2011) Trained with the Australian Army, before travelling to Vietnam in January 1966, Denis stayed with the 1st Australian Task Force in Nui Dat working as a photographer. For almost five years Gibbons toured with nine Australian infantry battalions, posting compelling war images from within many combat zones before being flown out in late November 1970 after sustaining injuries. The images held within the National Vietnam Veterans Museum make up the Gibbons Collection.A black and white photograph of 1st ATF Artillery Intelligence Officer Sgt Paul Butcher (from Doncaster, Vic) watched by Capt Tony Easton (from Kirribilli, NSW) pound a stake into an impact area of a NVA/VietCong 107mm rocket after an overnight attack by enemy gunners on the 1st ATF Base (29th March 1969).photograph, sgt paul butcher, capt tony eaton, 1st atf base, artillery intelligence officer, nva/vc, gibbons collection catalogue, 107mm rocket, denis gibbons, photographer, vietnam war