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 Cpl Jim Henry of the 1st Australian Civil Affairs Unit, Nui Dat, Phuoc Tuy Province, carries out decontamination of drains and infected areas at Baria Jail, Phuoc Tuy Province,following a bad outbreak of Malaria and Dengue fever.photograph, cpl jim henry, 1st australian field hygiene unit, nui dat, baria, baria jail, malaria, dengue fever, gibbons collection catalogue, phuoc tuy province, denis gibbons

Royal Army. Medical. Military Manual452p., hard cover, illus (some col.).Contains owner's personal notes at end of text. royal army, military manuals, military hygiene, sanitation

illustrated book with dustjacket. Book has a cerulean blue cover with title, author's and publisher's names embossed in silver on the spine. Duat jacket has a pink background with title, author's and publisher's names printed in balck ink on front and spine. Also on the front of the dust jacket is a black and white sketch of a bareheaded woman (Florence Nightingale, by Lady Eastlake 1946non-fictionA biograhy of Florence Nightingale, focusing on her life before and during the Crimean War, including her struggle with a "divine call to service" and the lessons she learned while tending to wounded soldiers. The book also highlights Nightingale's work in developing the principles of modern nursing emphasizing the importance of ventilation, cleanliness and personal hygieneflorence nightingale, crimean war, nursing-history

Book with brown cover, title embossed in silver on front. Title, editor's surname and publisher's name embossed in silver on the spinenon-fictionA compilation of Florence Nightingale's essays and writings: Subsidiary notes as to the introduction of female nursing into military hospitals (1858), Notes on nursing: what it is and what it is not (1859), Notes on different systems of nursing; from notes on hospitals (a pamphlet 1863), Suggestions on a system of nursing for hospitals in India (1865), Suggestions on the subject of providing, training and organizing nurses for the sick poor in workhouse infirmaries (1867) On trained nurses for the sick poor (a pamphlet, 1876), Nurses, training of , and nursing the sick (1882), Sick-nursing and health-nursing (1893), Health teaching in towns and villages, rural hygiene (1894)florence nightingale, nurses-history, nursing-history

Cream coloured xylonite hair brush with stiff bristles.personal hygiene

Cream coloured hand fan. Made from Xylonite. Rounded tips and filigree details on each leaf. Part of a set.personal hygiene, hand fan

Cream coloured small container with lid. Made from Xylonite. Part of a set.personal hygiene

Cream coloured nail & cuticle tool. Made from Xylonite. Part of a set.nail care, personal hygiene

Cream coloured nail cleaner. Xylonite handle and metal tip. Part of a set.personal hygiene, nail care

Nail scissors made from Xylonite with metal blades. Part of a set.personal hygiene, nail care

2 x nail files. (Emery board & metal). Part of a set.personal hygiene, nail care

Dressing table box with hinged lid made from Xylonite. Has 5 compartments. Part of a set.personal hygiene, nail care

Cream coloured oval clothes brush made from xylonite. Part of a set.personal hygiene

Buffer for polishing nails. Cream coloured xylonite. Moulded handle on top of padded abrasive material.nail care, personal hygiene

Paper Mache Rectangular Buckle Green and Orange Floral Decor in each of 4 corners. Tortoise Shell background.charlton, clothing, personal hygiene

Wedding present to Mr & Mrs W Lamour 1919Engraved silver backed mirrorsilver, mirror, personal hygiene

Wedding present to Mr and Mrs W Larmour 1919Embossed Silver Backed Clothes Brushsilver brush, charlton, personal hygiene, mrs annie moresi

The mug used for washing, shaving, cooking, making a brew. Refer Reg No's 3006 & 3007. Item issued to Peter Ball 3796117, refer Cat No 4704Stainless steel, kidney shaped mug with fold out handle.STOKES MELB 8465-50-242-7843 1969 [up arrow] Written: Peter BALLmilitary, cooking/personal hygiene

Bedpan used for patient careSignificant to AHNL as it is an example of general hospital equipmentA white porcelain slipper pan with handle, pear shaped base and black printed instructions on the inside back On the inside back is printed " The New Slipper Bed Pan - this slipper should be passed under the patient in front between the legs. If a flannel cap is made for the blade, fastened by strings under the handle, considerable comfort will be affordedahnl, bed pan, slipper pan, porcelain/china, hospital equipment, grooming and hygiene