Description
Western Sahara. December 1991. Moroccan soldier Azis with 329188 Signalman Mark Daniel Burgess of Ferny Hills, Qld, at Oum Dreyga. He is one of a 40-man Australian Army contingent (mostly from the 1st Signals Regiment) with the United Nations peacekeeping force in Western Sahara (MINURSO), providing communications for 3,000 UN peacekeeping soldiers from thirty countries, monitoring a ceasefire and organising a referendum to give the people a choice between independence or integration with neighbouring Morocco.
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Accession Number
BRIA/91/0378/24
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Warrant Officer Class 2 T R Dex
Classification
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Physical Description
Format: 4x5"
Support: Polyester
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