An ashtray from a C130 Hercules aircraft. These craft were commonly used for troop transport during the Vietnam conflict.Rectangular red metal tin with a hinged lid and curved hook top for hanging. Has yellow stenciled writing on the front. 37SQN/ Ashtray37 squadron, 37 sqn raaf, vietnam, raaf, c130 hercules

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 colour photograph of RAAF C130 Hercules transport, operating between Australia and Vietnam and carrying passengers and supplies. Probably the most important task of the aircraft was the medivac transport of wounded and sick Diggers back to Australia.photograph, raaf, c-130 hercules, medivac, gibbons collection catalogue, wounded serviceman, denis gibbons, photographer, vietnam war, diggers

C130 Hercules - 36 Squadron, on stand.model, ww2, raaf

Photograph taken by Sgt WM Cooper, RAAF Public Relations PhotographerBlack and white photograph. Flying Officer Olive "Irish" Connolly, a RAAF nursing sister, checks the condition of the 2001st patient to be flown from Vietnam by Aeromedical Evacuation (Medevac) to Australia aboard a Hercules aircraft from No. 37 Squadron at Vung Tau. Adjusting the litter straps is Corporal Ian Knight, a RAAF medical orderly. The patient is Private A. E. Bermingham, a New Zealander of "Whisky" Company, 6 Royal Australian Regiment/NZ (ANZAC) Battalion.raaf nursing services, medivac, raaf, 37 sqn raaf, f.o connelly, c130 medivac flight, c130 hercules, vung tau, nurse

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 Mrs Pearl Copeman the mother of seriously wounded Digger Pte Russell Copemen under the wing of an RAAF C130 Hercules Medivac aircraft at the Vung Tau RAAF airfield base waiting for her seriosly ill son to be transferred from the 1st Australian Field Hospital to be loaded for the flight back to Australia, is comforted by an RAAF Church of England Padre Sqn Ldr Norman Lawless and Australina Red Cross girls Winsone Ayliffe and Janice Webbphotograph, pte russell copeman, raaf, c130 medivac flight, vung tau airfield, 1st australian field hospital, padre sqn ldr lawless, winsome ayliffe (red cross), janice webb (red cross), gibbons collection catalogue, red cross, mrs pearl copeland, digger, wounded serviceman, raaf church of england padre sqn ldr norman lawless, australian red cross, denis gibbons

Set of colour posters of RAAF aircraft produced for RAAF Diamond Jubilee. .1) 1912 Deperdussin .2) Avro 540K .3) Reproduction of 1934 Laverton Air Display .4) Wirraway .5) Lockheed Hudson .6) Wackett Trainer .7) Tiger Moth DH82 .8) Dakota C47 .9) Canberra Bomber .10) Sabre Jet F-86 .11) CAC Winsteel Trainer .12) Lockheed Hercules C130 .12) Dassault Mirage 111-0 .14) Bell Iroquis Helicopter .15) Lockheed Orion P-313 .16) General Dynamics F111 Bomber documents-posters, military history - airforce, raaf

Two times black and white Photograph of APC's and troops. Photo 1 - An unmanned APC sits unmanned near a tent camp. A C130 flys overhead. Photo 2- Two manned APC's on a village road nearby a river. ARVN and Australian troopers nearby.armoured personnel carrier, c-130 hercules, arvn, photograph

A black and white photograph of - "Nobody has three hundred and sixty five and a wakey" so was the chant of the Old Timers at 1st Australian Task Field Base, Nui Dat as new arrivals about to commence their tour of duty "in country". These replacments were delivered by a US C130 aircraftphotograph, 1st atf base, nui dat, c-130 hercules, 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 "Nobody has 365 and a wakey" so was the chant of the Old Timers at 1st ATF Base, Nui Dat as new arrivals about to commence their tour of duty. These replacments were delivered by a US C130 aircraftphotograph, 1st atf base, nui dat, c-130 hercules, gibbons collection catalogue, new arrivals, denis gibbons