P04192.181
Photograph P04192.181 Iraq, 2003-2013Portrait of General Peter Cosgrove, AC MC, Chief of the Defence Force, seen standing in front of HMAS ANZAC at a homecoming ceremony at Victoria Quay, Fremantle, WA. The ANZAC had just returned from t
P04192.005 Accession Number: P04192.005
Description
General Peter Cosgrove, AC MC, Chief of the Defence Force, examines a banner held by friends and relatives awaiting the arrival of sailors from HMAS ANZAC and HMAS Darwin at a homecoming at Victoria Quay, Fremantle, WA. The banner reads, ‘WELCOME HOME BUGGALUGS’. HMAS ANZAC [III] left Australia for the Persian Gulf on 28 October 2002, under Operation Slipper, Australia’s contribution to the international fight against terrorism, to participate in the Multinational Interception Force enforcing UN sanctions against Iraq. The ship was then assigned to Operation Bastille, the build-up of Australian forces against Iraq, in January 2003, and then to Operation Falconer, Australia’s contribution to the war on Iraq, in March 2003. During this deployment, HMAS ANZAC became the first Navy ship to fire her guns in combat since the Vietnam war.
Details
Accession Number
P04192.005
Photographer
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Brand: Kodak - T-Max
Format: 35mm
Support: Acetate
Format: 35mm
Support: Acetate
Date Made
17 May 2003
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Access
Open
Copyright
AWM copyright
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