The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Western Sahara. 1991-12. Lance Corporal Steve Cooney, radio operator of Kempsey, NSW, and Enoggera, Qld, giving lollipops to children at Laayonne. 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.
Sapper Dave Hackett in the driver's seat while Corporal Steve "Blue" Casey is directing a tip truck providing filling at a returnee camp being built by 17 Construction Squadron, Royal Australian Engin
Mogadishu, Somalia, 1994. An Australian soldier from the Australian Contingent to the United Nations Operation Somalia (UNOSOM), during peacekeeping operations in Somalia, presenting a gift of school
Private Peter Keats talks with local children as part of a visiting patrol by combat first aid specialists from 23 platoon to a clinic in Bemuta.
Western Sahara. 1991-12. Australian soldiers playing with local children in a village street. They are members of a 40-man Australian Army contingent (mostly from the 1st Signals Regiment) with the Un
Western Sahara. 1991-12. Gunner James Carmody, radio operator, of Enoggera, Qld, and Greensborough, Vic and Signalman James West, radio operator, of Yarraman, Qld, and Redcliffe, Qld, at Awsard with m
Western Sahara. 1991-12. Gunner Kieran Devlin, radio operator, of Essendon, Vic and Leyburn, Qld and Signalman Neil Atkins, linesman/radio operator, of Kensington, NSW and Wagga Wagga, NSW. They are m
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
Western Sahara. 1991-12. Corporal Greg Scanlon, linesman, of Hillston, NSW and Ferny Grove, Qld, with Sergeant Paul Goodridge, operator keyboard and cipher, of Eltham, Vic and Strathpine, Qld. They ar
Western Sahara. 1991-12. Corporal Mark Underwood, radio operator, of Beaufort near Ballarat, Vic, and Bracken Ridge, Qld, giving gifts of an Australian flag and stuffed toy koala to Laayonne people.
