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 of 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, conducting Operation Goodwood move out with Centurian tank support from 1st Armoured Regiment, during this, the dry season. Operations with the tanks was a hot and very dusty affair.photograph, 1 rar, 1st armoured regiment, operation goodwood, centurion tank, gibbons collection catalogue, 1st battalion, diggers, 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 taken at An Thoi village market in the Mekong Delta, Co-Pilot F/Lt Blue McDonnel watches as The Pilot F/LT Nick Watling tries a piece of dried fish, an evil smelling part of Vietnamese fisheries, never the less, if one held one's nose, the fish tasted quite nice. photograph, an thoi, mekong delta, f/lt nick walting, gibbons collection catalogue, village market, f/lt blue mcdonnel, 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 Viet Cong patient leads elements of 6 RAR/NZ (ANZAC) to another underground bunker in K76A Hospital where the NVA/VietCong had been storing cut wood and other materials that needed to be kept dry. The Viet Cong prisoner showed the diggers many caches during Operation Marsdenphotograph, 6 rar/nz, k76a hospital, nui may tao mountain, operation marsden, gibbons collection catalogue, vc prisoner, viet cong, 6 rar/nz (anzac), nva/vietcong, captured nva viet cong sapper, 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 phototgraph of a photocopy of a newspaper article about the An Thoi village market in the Mekong Delta, where Co-Pilot F/Lt Blue MAudio, CDonnel watches as The Pilot F/LT Nick Watling tries a piece of dried fish, an evil smelling part of Vietnamese diet.photograph, newspaper, an thoi, market, mekong delta, f/lt blue maudio, cdonnel, f/lt nick walting, gibbons collection catalogue, denis gibbons

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Series of 7 black and white photographs of the traffic congestion in the CBD during 1951. .1 - Flinders St from Flinders St Station office looking northwest with a W2 317 Richmond route 28 and many cars. Has "32" on rear in pencil. Has Snows and the SEC building in the view. .2 - Spencer St bridge, looking north with Fish Market/Cool Stores and the VR Head Office in the view. Has Taylor and ? General Carriers and Nestle's truck in the view. .3 - William St? with passengers waiting at a safety zone - has the Dennys Lascelles building in the background. .4 - Flinders St looking north east with Snows, the SEC, a Hotel and Hearnes sign showing. Has a W2 436? route 27 Hawthorn eastbound. Typed on rear "Enlargement of No. 76, Sheet No. 28 (report P25/1/8), "Spare" written in pencil and "For Testing Engrs 1/11/51" in ink. .5 - looking north with a horse drawn cart and a SW6 (East Kew) with dash canopy lighting. .6 - looking north - with Hearnes Provisions, Olympia Inn and Coffee Lounge and Young & Jacksons Hotel. Has a W2 partly in the photo about to enter the Safety Zone. ..7 - similar to .1 - with Snows, W2 route 48 North Balwyn and a Pattons Dry Cleaning van. See also Reg 4519 for another 7 photos of the same series.trams, tramways, traffic control, congestion, flinders st, spencer st, route 27, route 28, east kew, richmond, route 48, william st, safety zone, hawthorn, tram 317, tram 436, w2 class, sw2 class, sw6 class, mmtb buses, tram 381