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Photographs from the Vietnam War [PRG 1540/3/1-223] • Photograph

Photographs from the Vietnam War

Barnes, Geoffrey, 1967-1969, Photograph, PRG 1540/3/210

Photo from a R&R trip to Singapore with Lynn Verwoert

Photographs from the Vietnam War — Photographs from the Vietnam War

Barnes, Geoffrey, 1967-1969, Photograph, PRG 1540/3/210

Photo from a R&R trip to Singapore with Lynn Verwoert

Photographs from the Vietnam War

Barnes, Geoffrey, 1967-1969, Photograph, PRG 1540/3/211

Photo from a R&R trip to Singapore with Lynn Verwoert

Photographs from the Vietnam War — Photographs from the Vietnam War

Barnes, Geoffrey, 1967-1969, Photograph, PRG 1540/3/211

Photo from a R&R trip to Singapore with Lynn Verwoert

Photographs from the Vietnam War

Barnes, Geoffrey, 1967-1969, Photograph, PRG 1540/3/212

Photo from a R&R trip to Singapore with Lynn Verwoert

Photographs from the Vietnam War — Photographs from the Vietnam War

Barnes, Geoffrey, 1967-1969, Photograph, PRG 1540/3/212

Photo from a R&R trip to Singapore with Lynn Verwoert

Photographs from the Vietnam War

Barnes, Geoffrey, 1967-1969, Photograph, PRG 1540/3/213

Photo from a R&R trip to Singapore with Lynn Verwoert

Photographs from the Vietnam War — Photographs from the Vietnam War

Barnes, Geoffrey, 1967-1969, Photograph, PRG 1540/3/213

Photo from a R&R trip to Singapore with Lynn Verwoert

Photographs from the Vietnam War

Barnes, Geoffrey, 1967-1969, Photograph, PRG 1540/3/214

Photo from a R&R trip to Singapore with Lynn Verwoert

Photographs from the Vietnam War — Photographs from the Vietnam War

Barnes, Geoffrey, 1967-1969, Photograph, PRG 1540/3/214

Photo from a R&R trip to Singapore with Lynn Verwoert

Photographs from the Vietnam War

Barnes, Geoffrey, 1967-1969, Photograph, PRG 1540/3/215

Photo from a R&R trip to Singapore with Lynn Verwoert

Photographs from the Vietnam War — Photographs from the Vietnam War

Barnes, Geoffrey, 1967-1969, Photograph, PRG 1540/3/215

Photo from a R&R trip to Singapore with Lynn Verwoert

Photographs from the Vietnam War

Barnes, Geoffrey, 1967-1969, Photograph, PRG 1540/3/216

Lynn Verwoert (SA conscript) with Geoff Barnes behind him

Photographs from the Vietnam War — Photographs from the Vietnam War

Barnes, Geoffrey, 1967-1969, Photograph, PRG 1540/3/216

Lynn Verwoert (SA conscript) with Geoff Barnes behind him

Photographs from the Vietnam War

Barnes, Geoffrey, 1967-1969, Photograph, PRG 1540/3/217

[Unidentified]

Photographs from the Vietnam War — Photographs from the Vietnam War

Barnes, Geoffrey, 1967-1969, Photograph, PRG 1540/3/217

[Unidentified]

Photographs from the Vietnam War

Barnes, Geoffrey, 1967-1969, Photograph, PRG 1540/3/218

Lynn Verwoert leaning against the taxi hired for two days to enable extended trips

Photographs from the Vietnam War — Photographs from the Vietnam War

Barnes, Geoffrey, 1967-1969, Photograph, PRG 1540/3/218

Lynn Verwoert leaning against the taxi hired for two days to enable extended trips

Photographs from the Vietnam War

Barnes, Geoffrey, 1967-1969, Photograph, PRG 1540/3/219

[Possibly arriving at Singapore]

Photographs from the Vietnam War — Photographs from the Vietnam War

Barnes, Geoffrey, 1967-1969, Photograph, PRG 1540/3/219

[Possibly arriving at Singapore]

Photographs from the Vietnam War

Barnes, Geoffrey, 1967-1969, Photograph, PRG 1540/3/220

[Possibly arriving at Singapore]

Photographs from the Vietnam War — Photographs from the Vietnam War

Barnes, Geoffrey, 1967-1969, Photograph, PRG 1540/3/220

[Possibly arriving at Singapore]

Photographs from the Vietnam War

Barnes, Geoffrey, 1967-1969, Photograph, PRG 1540/3/221

[Possibly arriving at Singapore]

Photographs from the Vietnam War — Photographs from the Vietnam War

Barnes, Geoffrey, 1967-1969, Photograph, PRG 1540/3/221

[Possibly arriving at Singapore]

Photographs from the Vietnam War

Barnes, Geoffrey, 1967-1969, Photograph, PRG 1540/3/222

Lynn Verwoert leaning against taxi

Photographs from the Vietnam War — Photographs from the Vietnam War

Barnes, Geoffrey, 1967-1969, Photograph, PRG 1540/3/222

Lynn Verwoert leaning against taxi

Photographs from the Vietnam War

Barnes, Geoffrey, 1967-1969, Photograph, PRG 1540/3/223

Bar girl at Butterworth.

Photographs from the Vietnam War — Photographs from the Vietnam War

Barnes, Geoffrey, 1967-1969, Photograph, PRG 1540/3/223

Bar girl at Butterworth.

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Summary

Photographs taken by Geoffrey Barnes during his war service in Vietnam at the 1st ALSG (1st Australian Logistic Support Group). Detailed descriptions of the photographs can be found in the volume in series 2. Section 1 (photos 1-12): getting to Vietnam; Section 2 (photos 13-86): the Hospital at IALSG; Section 3 (photos 87-100): 'Back Beach'; Section 4 (photos 101-117): 'Radar Hill'; Section 5 (photos 118-150): 'Baria' (district capital); Section 6 (photos 151- 171):military machinery; Section 7 (photos 172-201): Vung Tau; Section 8 (photos 202-223): R & R in Singapore.

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Physical description

Photograph (slide)
35 mm
colour
4.5 cm

Dates / Publication details

1967-1969

Creator

Barnes, Geoffrey

Subject

Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Participation, Australian -- Pictorial works

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PRG 1540/3/1: Geoff after first shaving off beard
PRG 1540/3/2: Sydney Harbour views from Army accommodation prior to departure for Vietnam - hydrofoil on harbour
PRG 1540/3/3: Sydney Harbour views from Army accommodation prior to departure for Vietnam - near the heads
PRG 1540/3/4: View from chartered Qantas plane en route to Vietnam
PRG 1540/3/5: Coming into Darwin for refuelling
PRG 1540/3/6: Coming into Darwin for refuelling
PRG 1540/3/7: View over Saigon's Tan Son Nhat airport
PRG 1540/3/8: Military aircraft
PRG 1540/3/9: Wrecked helicopters at Saigon Airport
PRG 1540/3/10: Interior of the 'short take-off and landing' Caribou aircraft
PRG 1540/3/11: Interior of the 'short take-off and landing' Caribou aircraft
PRG 1540/3/12: Flower Study, Vietnam
PRG 1540/3/13: View from hut
PRG 1540/3/14: Sunrise from hut
PRG 1540/3/15: Iroquois helicopter landing on hospital helipad
PRG 1540/3/16: View of 'pissaphone' toilet and hospital wards
PRG 1540/3/17: View of hospital buildings and sand bag protection barrier
PRG 1540/3/18: At Vung Tau Task Force area
PRG 1540/3/19: Red Cross trucks at camp
PRG 1540/3/20: Hospital wards at Vung Tau
PRG 1540/3/21: Back of camp near town, Vung Tau
PRG 1540/3/22: [Unidentified]
PRG 1540/3/23: Water tanks for hospital water supply
PRG 1540/3/24: Geoff Barnes 'scrounging through rubbish bins ... for worn out clothing which could be exchanged for new'
PRG 1540/3/25: Stage for concerts
PRG 1540/3/26: Between wards during a tropical downpour
PRG 1540/3/27: View between sleeping tents
PRG 1540/3/28: A posed shot of Geoff Barnes scrubbing a bed pan
PRG 1540/3/29: Extra sand bags added to reinforce the wall where the wind had eroded away the sand
PRG 1540/3/30: 'Sand bagging crew outside hut - Peter Moxey (conscript from Queensland) sits on the left, Peter Sheppard (conscript from Tasmania) in centre front
PRG 1540/3/31: Geoff Barnes in the walk way between the wooden sleeping huts
PRG 1540/3/32: View of wind damage [erosion] at the camp
PRG 1540/3/33: Opposite effect of wind erosion - a doorway being excavated
PRG 1540/3/34: Sand bagging around huts (possibly Roy Sprake with shovel)
PRG 1540/3/35: 'Too late to save this one'
PRG 1540/3/36: Sunrise over camp
PRG 1540/3/37: Geoff Barnes
PRG 1540/3/38: Geoff Barnes on the way to the beach for a swim
PRG 1540/3/39: Trucks with stones for building
PRG 1540/3/40: Patients outside wards
PRG 1540/3/41: Geoff Barnes outside his hut at Vung Tau
PRG 1540/3/42: Geoff Barnes' bed in his hut
PRG 1540/3/43: 'Me at home'
PRG 1540/3/44: 'Me at home'
PRG 1540/3/45: The interior of the hut at night, with shutters up to keep the sand out
PRG 1540/3/46: The interior of the hut at night, with shutters up to keep the sand out
PRG 1540/3/47: Geoff Barnes in his hut
PRG 1540/3/48: Interior of the hut in the morning
PRG 1540/3/49: Toilet at 1st ALSG
PRG 1540/3/50: 'Civilian labour was used for many jobs in the IALSG area'
PRG 1540/3/51: 'Civilian labour was used for many jobs in the IALSG area'
PRG 1540/3/52: Interior of the "medical ward" - dedicated mainly to fever patients
PRG 1540/3/53: Interior of the "medical ward" - dedicated mainly to fever patients
PRG 1540/3/54: 'Locals scrounging for salvage at the military rubbish dump'
PRG 1540/3/55: 'Locals scrounging for salvage at the military rubbish dump'
PRG 1540/3/56: Iriquois helicopter landing on the hospital helipad
PRG 1540/3/57: [Unidentified]
PRG 1540/3/58: Geoff Barnes with his waxed moustache
PRG 1540/3/58A: Geoff Barnes with his waxed moustache
PRG 1540/3/59: Clinic run by the hospital unit for the civilian population
PRG 1540/3/60: Clinic run by the hospital unit for the civilian population
PRG 1540/3/61: Open verandah (used as a pathology lab) was enclosed about January 1960
PRG 1540/3/62: Open verandah (used as a pathology lab) was enclosed about January 1960
PRG 1540/3/63: Interior of the lab, with the Red Cross library visible through the door
PRG 1540/3/64: Grantly Payze (SA conscript) using a binocular microscope
PRG 1540/3/65: Grantly Payze (SA conscript) using a binocular microscope, with John Vangelis (SA conscript) in the forground
PRG 1540/3/66: Laboratory staff - (standing, from left) Elliot Bishop, Grantley Payze, Don Hemesley, (in front from left) - Peter Sheppard, Geoff Barnes, (in background) Cameron Baird
PRG 1540/3/67: 'A Christmas cake sits in the laboratory awaiting dissection'
PRG 1540/3/68: John Vangelis at the lab bench
PRG 1540/3/69: 'Our pathologist contemplates a problem'
PRG 1540/3/70: Wheeling patient into ward
PRG 1540/3/71: 'Fire of unknown origin - possibly at the rubbish dump
PRG 1540/3/72: Flower study, Vietnam
PRG 1540/3/73: Hospital staff in the breezeway between triage and intensive care waiting for incoming patients
PRG 1540/3/74: Staff move to edge of helipad
PRG 1540/3/75: Staff shield from sand blown up by the helicopter
PRG 1540/3/76: Staff shield from sand blown up by the helicopter
PRG 1540/3/77: 'We load replacement stretchers and the pilot takes off immediately'
PRG 1540/3/78: Helicopter
PRG 1540/3/79: 'The team moves in to unload the wounded'
PRG 1540/3/80: 'Only one patient this time'
PRG 1540/3/81: 'The casualties are taken straight to triage'
PRG 1540/3/82: Road built to helipad
PRG 1540/3/83: Helicopter landing with wounded
PRG 1540/3/84: 'A sunset landing'
PRG 1540/3/85: 'A "gunship" takes off straight over our sleeping quarters'
PRG 1540/3/86: Flower study, Vietnam
PRG 1540/3/87: Geoff on Back Beach, Vung Tau (immediately behind 1st ALSG, with Radar Hill in background
PRG 1540/3/88: 'A soldier heads down for a dawn dip'
PRG 1540/3/89: Locals enjoying the beach
PRG 1540/3/90: 'Vietnamese women sell refreshments on Back Beach'
PRG 1540/3/91: 'Vietnamese women sell refreshments on Back Beach'
PRG 1540/3/92: Locals on Back Beach
PRG 1540/3/93: View from the base of Radar Hill
PRG 1540/3/94: Army recreation building
PRG 1540/3/95: Army recreation building
PRG 1540/3/96: Army recreation building
PRG 1540/3/97: Swimming pool at the club
PRG 1540/3/98: Swimming pool at the club
PRG 1540/3/99: Beach near camp
PRG 1540/3/100: Flower study, Vietnam
PRG 1540/3/101: View of and around 'Radar Hill', at the end of Back Beach
PRG 1540/3/102: View of and around 'Radar Hill', at the end of Back Beach
PRG 1540/3/103: View of and around 'Radar Hill', at the end of Back Beach
PRG 1540/3/104: View of and around 'Radar Hill', at the end of Back Beach
PRG 1540/3/105: View of and around 'Radar Hill', at the end of Back Beach
PRG 1540/3/106: 'Every soldier has a picture of this wrecked freighter stranded at the base of Radar Hill
PRG 1540/3/107: 'Every soldier has a picture of this wrecked freighter stranded at the base of Radar Hill
PRG 1540/3/108: 'Every soldier has a picture of this wrecked freighter stranded at the base of Radar Hill
PRG 1540/3/109: 'At high tide'
PRG 1540/3/110: End of back beach at foot of Radar Hill
PRG 1540/3/111: View over camp from Radar Hill
PRG 1540/3/112: View over camp from Radar Hill
PRG 1540/3/113: Overlooking the centre of Vungers
PRG 1540/3/114: 'Front Beach' - Nguyen Kao
PRG 1540/3/115: [Unidentified]
PRG 1540/3/116: The road up Radar Hill
PRG 1540/3/117: Flower study, Vietnam
PRG 1540/3/118: Dental clinic for the civilian population, with SA dentist Colin Twelftree
PRG 1540/3/119: 'Local school kids crowd the verandah'
PRG 1540/3/120: 'Inside a classroom'
PRG 1540/3/121: 'A bored soldier has to contend with close examination by the kids'
PRG 1540/3/122: 'Teacher at work'
PRG 1540/3/123: 'Jumping game on the verandah
PRG 1540/3/124: 'Jumping game on the verandah
PRG 1540/3/125: 'The school yard'
PRG 1540/3/126: 'Worried little girls'
PRG 1540/3/127: 'Catholic Church'
PRG 1540/3/128: 'Peeping child'
PRG 1540/3/129: 'Unknown church building'
PRG 1540/3/130: 'Unknown church building'
PRG 1540/3/131: 'Kids in the schoolyard'
PRG 1540/3/132: 'Local urchin'
PRG 1540/3/133: 'Boy Scouts entertain'
PRG 1540/3/134: 'Vietnamese boy'
PRG 1540/3/135: 'Baria girl'
PRG 1540/3/136: 'No need for the dentist here'
PRG 1540/3/137: 'Domestic scene'
PRG 1540/3/138: 'These girls could be collecting firewood or building materials'
PRG 1540/3/139: 'Shy girl'
PRG 1540/3/140: Roofing material
PRG 1540/3/141: 'Hiding girl' (may be Vung Tau - see 186)
PRG 1540/3/142: 'Women carrying produce'
PRG 1540/3/143: 'Boys gather around our ambulance'
PRG 1540/3/144: 'Baria residential area'
PRG 1540/3/145: 'Our ambulance parked in the school yard'
PRG 1540/3/146: 'Baria houses'
PRG 1540/3/147: 'An old French fort, unknown location'
PRG 1540/3/148: 'Baria picture theatre damaged by shell fire'
PRG 1540/3/149: 'Baria picture theatre damaged by shell fire'
PRG 1540/3/150: Flower study, Vietnam
PRG 1540/3/151: Bell Sioux helicopter parked on the hospital helipad
PRG 1540/3/152: Caribou transport aircraft at Vung Tau airbase
PRG 1540/3/153: Mohawk at Vung Tau airport
PRG 1540/3/154: Looking across the field at Vung Tau airbase
PRG 1540/3/155: Bell Sioux helicopter at Vung Tau
PRG 1540/3/156: Australian Hercules transport
PRG 1540/3/157: Cobra helicopter
PRG 1540/3/158: C130 Hercules transport plane at Vung Tau
PRG 1540/3/159: Technicians work on Bell Iriquoi
PRG 1540/3/160: Mohawk at Vung Tau
PRG 1540/3/161: Mohawk at Vung Tau
PRG 1540/3/162: Chinook helicopter moves a load over 1 ALSG
PRG 1540/3/163: Chinook over 1 ALSG
PRG 1540/3/164: Touching down over 1 ASLG
PRG 1540/3/165: Chinook parked at 1 ALSG
PRG 1540/3/166: 'A soldier on his way to the beach gives the Chinook the once over'
PRG 1540/3/167: Sikorsky skycrane at work over 1st ALSG
PRG 1540/3/168: Sikorsky skycrane at work over 1st ALSG
PRG 1540/3/169: Skycrane parked at (presumably) Vung Tau
PRG 1540/3/170: Skycrane parked at (presumably) Vung Tau
PRG 1540/3/171: Flower study, Vietnam
PRG 1540/3/172: Lambretta taxis
PRG 1540/3/173: Taxi rank in Vung Tau
PRG 1540/3/174: Geoff Barnes (in front) and associate on the 'Front Beach' at Vung Tau
PRG 1540/3/175: [Unidentified]
PRG 1540/3/176: [Unidentified]
PRG 1540/3/177: Fishing nets - 'Front Beach'
PRG 1540/3/178: Fish boat repairs, 'Front Beach'
PRG 1540/3/179: Market precinct, central Vung Tau
PRG 1540/3/180: Market precinct, central Vung Tau
PRG 1540/3/181: Market precinct, central Vung Tau
PRG 1540/3/182: Bus in street
PRG 1540/3/183: Paperbacks in market shop
PRG 1540/3/184: Central Vung Tau
PRG 1540/3/185: Vung Tau market
PRG 1540/3/186: Vietnamese women - possibly Baria
PRG 1540/3/187: Vung Tau
PRG 1540/3/188: Slum dwelling, outskirts of Vung Tau
PRG 1540/3/189: Slum dwelling, outskirts of Vung Tau
PRG 1540/3/190: [Unidentified]
PRG 1540/3/191: Tidal river (?), Vung Tau
PRG 1540/3/192: Tidal river (?), Vung Tau
PRG 1540/3/193: Temple precinct, Vung Tau
PRG 1540/3/194: Temple precinct, Vung Tau
PRG 1540/3/195: Temple precinct, Vung Tau
PRG 1540/3/196: Temple precinct, Vung Tau
PRG 1540/3/197: Temple precinct, Vung Tau
PRG 1540/3/198: Temple precinct, Vung Tau
PRG 1540/3/199: Temple precinct, Vung Tau
PRG 1540/3/200: [Unidentified]
PRG 1540/3/201: Insect study, Vietnam
PRG 1540/3/202: Photo from a R&R trip to Singapore with Lynn Verwoert
PRG 1540/3/203: Photo from a R&R trip to Singapore with Lynn Verwoert
PRG 1540/3/204: Photo from a R&R trip to Singapore with Lynn Verwoert
PRG 1540/3/205: Photo from a R&R trip to Singapore with Lynn Verwoert
PRG 1540/3/206: Photo from a R&R trip to Singapore with Lynn Verwoert
PRG 1540/3/207: Photo from a R&R trip to Singapore with Lynn Verwoert
PRG 1540/3/208: Photo from a R&R trip to Singapore with Lynn Verwoert
PRG 1540/3/209: Photo from a R&R trip to Singapore with Lynn Verwoert
PRG 1540/3/210: Photo from a R&R trip to Singapore with Lynn Verwoert
PRG 1540/3/211: Photo from a R&R trip to Singapore with Lynn Verwoert
PRG 1540/3/212: Photo from a R&R trip to Singapore with Lynn Verwoert
PRG 1540/3/213: Photo from a R&R trip to Singapore with Lynn Verwoert
PRG 1540/3/214: Photo from a R&R trip to Singapore with Lynn Verwoert
PRG 1540/3/215: Photo from a R&R trip to Singapore with Lynn Verwoert
PRG 1540/3/216: Lynn Verwoert (SA conscript) with Geoff Barnes behind him
PRG 1540/3/217: [Unidentified]
PRG 1540/3/218: Lynn Verwoert leaning against the taxi hired for two days to enable extended trips
PRG 1540/3/219: [Possibly arriving at Singapore]
PRG 1540/3/220: [Possibly arriving at Singapore]
PRG 1540/3/221: [Possibly arriving at Singapore]
PRG 1540/3/222: Lynn Verwoert leaning against taxi
PRG 1540/3/223: Bar girl at Butterworth.

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