The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
A United Nations Civilian Police (UNCIVPOL) mobile police station in the street at Athienou. UNCIVPOL was attached to the United Nations Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP). The police station van bears the registration plate 50FG49, has a tall radio mast and is painted white with United Nations marking. A United Nations Land Rover, also painted white with United Nations markings, is parked in front of the van. UNFICYP was formed in 1964 to promote peace between the Greek and Turkish communities in Cyprus. Following the Greek coup and Turkish invasion of 1974, its role changed, to focus on overseeing the buffer zone that follows the 1974 ceasefire line.
Sergeant (Sgt) Denis Percy (left), and two other unidentified Australian policemen, meet with a Turkish major in the village of Polamedia. Sgt Percy, a police officer from NSW, served in Cyprus with t
Four Australian police officers on operations in the Polis district for the United Nations Civilian Police (UNCIVPOL), attached to the United Nations Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP). Identified left to righ
Members of the British, Irish and Canadian military, and the Australian police, working together at a joint operations command. They are attached to the United Nations Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP), estab
The commander of the United Nations troops in Cyprus, General (Gen) Kodendera Thimayya (right), talks with Sergeant (Sgt) Robert Macdonald, of Lithgow, NSW, (left) during a tour of peace force units.
The site where Sergeant Ian Ward of the NSW police was killed when his Land Rover hit a landmine on 12 November 1974. Ward was escorting a family through the buffer zone between the Greek Cypriot and
Three members of the Australian Federal Police (AFP) contingent serving with the United Nations Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP). Identified on left speaking with a female civilian police officer is Senior S
