A black and whitie Photograph of A series of South Vietnamese Regional Force heavily sandbagged outposts on Vietnams National Route 23, built around both approaches to a second bridge built by 1st Field Sqn Engineers of the 1st Australian Task Force soldiers had the responsibility for protecting the bridge against NVA/VietCong attack. The Regional Force soldiers living in these outposts normally had their families, wives and children, living with them.photograph, south vietnamese regional force, national route 23, 1st field sqn engineers, 1st atf base, nva/vc, gibbons collection catalogue, regional force soldiers

A black and white photograph of a South Vietnamese Regional Outpost on Vietnams National Route 23 built near a bridge built by Engineers of 1 Australian Task Force Base, Nui Dat. The Vietnamese Regional Force soldiers had the responsibility for protecting the bridge against attack.photograph, south vietnamese regional force, national route 23, 1st atf base, nui dat, gibbons collection catalogue, engineers

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 small Vietnamese children having a tete-a-tete as they watch their respective Regional Force soldier fathers at work in a fortified regional outpost near Lac Thein in 2 Corps. Vietnamese Regional Force troops took their families to live with them in the outpost.photograph, vietnamese children, south vietnamese regional force, lac thein, gibbons collection catalogue, photographer, vietnam war, denis gibbons, 2 corps