This object was donated from the Estate of Sergeant Gordon Dudley Buttriss (Service number A21702), a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) helicopter crewman who served with No.9 Squadron in 1966–7. Nicknamed “Stinky", he was awarded the George Medal for rescuing the trapped co-pilot and passengers of a burning RAAF Iroquois helicopter after it crashed on Nui Thi Vai Mountain on 18 October 1966. The helicopter was loaded with TNT. The George medal recognizes acts of extreme danger and gallantry not in the face of the enemy. Only three were awarded during the Vietnam War. Pale blue booklet issued for supervisor training to RAAF personnell.ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE/SUPERVISOR TRAINING/JOB RELATIONSbuttriss, a21702, 9 squadron, stinky, raaf, vietnam, george medal

This object was donated from the Estate of Sergeant Gordon Dudley Buttriss (Service number A21702), a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) helicopter crewman who served with No.9 Squadron in 1966–7. Nicknamed “Stinky", he was awarded the George Medal for rescuing the trapped co-pilot and passengers of a burning RAAF Iroquois helicopter after it crashed on Nui Thi Vai Mountain on 18 October 1966. The helicopter was loaded with TNT. The George medal recognizes acts of extreme danger and gallantry not in the face of the enemy. Only three were awarded during the Vietnam War. Pale blue booklet issued for supervisor training to RAAF personnell.ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE/SUPERVISOR TRAINING/JOB RELATIONSbuttriss, a21702, 9 squadron, stinky, raaf, vietnam, george medal

Group photo or photograph of the traffic or trammies with their names underneath at the time of the closure of the SEC-operated Bendigo Tram system 16/4/1972. Four of the Bendigo trams behind the group were photographed in front of the depot building. See item 1185 for similar photographs. Back Row - D Noble, L Fitzgerald, B Hopgood, N Brockley, S Palmer, T Hulls, P Knight, J Shaw, R Kurske, S Gregory, K Caughlan, J Williams, A James, E Bodilly, F Clough W Snell. Middle Row - B Monro, K Draper, G Dole, M Picker, E Threfall, W Hope, L R Brown, R Nickson, A Reed, D Perdon, H Harvey, E R Pollard, R Cameron, A Ball, K Jones Front Row - N Atkiins, C Griffiths, J Evans, J Wirth, A J Harrison, R T Wilson, H Tueno, G C James, A Moss, D Hester, R Wirth, G Sang, K Grenvell, J Boston, K Makepeace, V Aitken. Photo by Leo A Hughes.Has a close association with Bendigo Tramway staff at the time of closure of the SEC operated system.Black and white photograph mounted onto heavy card with a list of names underneath. Two copies held.bendigo, sec crews, personnell, staff photo, group photo.

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 specially constructed 'up armoured' Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC) being used to explode anti personnel mines buried in the 'Barrier' minefield from the village of Dat Do to the sea, Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. Each driver only spent and hour in the APC.photograph, apc, 3rd cavalry regiment, dat do, phuoc tuy province, gibbons collection catalogue, armoured personnel carrier, mine "anit-personnell m18a1, denis gibbons

A blue coloured back cover with the front cover which has rutned to a brownish colour with some blue at the bottom of the cover and it looks like possible water marks on the cardboard cover. Top right hand side reads DSN 7610-66-034-5750. There are two punch holes down the left hand side of the booklet.australia - armed forces - service manuals, australina military forces, field engineering, mine warfare, mine "anit-personnell m18a1, claymore mine