Neil Brian Davis (14 February 1934 – 9 September 1985) was an Australian combat cameraman who was recognised for his work as a photojournalist during the Vietnam War and other conflicts in the region. He was killed in Bangkok on 9 September 1985, while filming a minor Thai coup attempt.
Table of Contents
- 1 Early life
- 2 Death
- 2.1 Medical Abbreviations: 55,000 Conveniences at the Expense of Communication and Safety
- 2.2 Medical Abbreviations: 32,000 Conveniences at the Expense of Communication and Safety
- 2.3 Neil Davis
- 2.4 Medical Abbreviations: 28,000 Conveniences at the Expense of Communication and Safety
- 2.5 Not Better
- 2.6 Medical Abbreviations: 30,000 Conveniences at the Expense O Communication and Safety
- 2.7 Not Better
- 2.8 Write My Name Across the Sky: A Novel
- 2.9 Platinum Magic (Magic Law Book 1)
- 2.10 She's So Unusual
Early life
Davis was born in Hobart, Tasmania and raised upon farms in Nala and Sorell, attending Sorell High School and future Hobart High. He quit hypothetical at age 15 to be active in the Tasmanian Government Film Unit. He joined the Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC) in 1961 as a cine-cameraman, but he left in December 1963 to accept an present to become Visnews’s cameraman and correspondent for Southeast Asia. He was based in Singapore.
Death
After nearly 20 risky assignments upon the battlefronts, Neil Davis was killed in Bangkok on 9 September 1985, while filming a juvenile Thai coup try that done after solitary a few hours. Davis and his American soundman Bill Latch were covering an Army radio tower that had been seized. A pro-coup tank protected the gain permission to gate to the tower. Davis set occurring his camera facing the tank and got ready to deal with his report. Without warning, the tank in flames a round in their direction. Davis and Latch were fatally injured by shrapnel. Davis died instantly, and his camera fell to the ground, still running. The last scene his camera recorded was the dying Latch crawling for cover.
Latch, a former missionary had reservations on the go with Davis. He feared Davis’s recklessness would some daylight be his undoing, according to a join from Voice of America. Davis next had his own reservations; always meticulous in the care and child support of his equipment, Davis in private questioned Latch’s realization to meet his standards. Davis was a victim of technology which may have contributed to his death. He had always worked by himself in risky situations, preferring not to make life-and-death decisions for others. But for the last six years of his life, he was tethered to a sound man “to shoulder the heavy battery and tape pack, linked to the nine-kilogram camera by a video cable.”
Last update 2021-08-06