Brad Darkson
with veteran Richard Edward Sansbury
He was 17 years old. He didn't want to go to Vietnam, but after getting into trouble with Welfare for running away from a state-run foster home he was given three choices:
- Army
- Navy
- Air Force
- State-run home
Bart Sansbury told me that in Vietnam he was a lucky one, a ‘Holiday Boy’.
Brad Darkson
Narungga people
Brad Darkson, Holiday Boy, 2019, neon, mdf, pine, acrylic paint, 150 x 50cm, AWM2023.463.1. Photo: Chris Herzfeld
Craftsman Richard Edward 'Bart' Sansbury
Narungga people
Royal Australian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers - 102nd Field Workshop and 106th Field Workshop
Richard Sansbury, born in 1948, joined the Army at the age of 18. He served in the Royal Australian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers.
His time in Vietnam was spent with the 102nd Field Workshop from 2 July to 4 October 1968, and 106th Field Workshop from 5 October 1968 to 2 July 1969.
Photo: Colleen Strangways, Craftsman Richard Edward 'Bart' Sansbury (Ret'd), 2019. AWM2023.730.1.10
Craftsman Richard Sansbury arranges rocks around the grave of the mascot of 106th Field Workshops, Lance Corporal Charlie, a monkey adopted by the unit. 1969. COM/69/0381/VN