BRIA/91/0382/06 Accession Number: BRIA/91/0382/06

Description

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 are members 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/91/0382/06
Photographer
Warrant Officer Class 2 T R Dex
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Format: 4x5"
Support: Polyester
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
AWM copyright

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