Historical information
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.
Physical description
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 Webb
Subjects
- photograph,
- 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
