Hodge, Jonathon Vere (Lieutenant Colonel, b.1961) Accession Number: PR00293

Description

Collection relating to the Operation Habitat service of 453757 Major (later Lieutenant Colonel) Jonathon Vere (Jon) Hodge, Royal Australian Army Medical Corps, Iraq, 1991.

Wallet 1 of 1 - consists of two folders. Folder 1 contains documents, medical briefing notes, orders, and letters related to Hodge's deployment to, and the service conditions on, Operation Habitat. The folder includes briefing documents on Hodge's deployment in command of Medical Team A as part of the Australian Service Contingent, a leaflet and documents on the medical conditions to be expected, and a letter from the RSL written in support of the decision by the Australian government to deploy personnel to Iraq. The folder also includes correspondence between Hodge and various Members of Parliament, including minister Gordon Bilney, regarding service conditions and financial concessions for those serving on Operation Habitat, and a December 1991 copy of the Medical Journal of Australia, which includes a co-authored article from Hodge on Operation Habitat and the medical conditions faced by displaced Kurdish people in northern Iraq.

Folder 2 contains a diary and a notebook maintained by Hodge during his deployment on Operation Habitat. The notebook includes briefing notes on the mission and its objectives, medical conditions, the organisation of the Australian contingent, as well as tasks and duties. The diary includes almost daily entries between 24 April and 2 July 1991. Hodge discusses his preparations prior to departure and travel to Iraq via Turkey, the establishment of a base camp, clinics at various locations, and his return to Australia. He also comments on cynical attitudes, British and American participation, refugees, and minefields.

Details

Conflicts

• Period 1990-1999
• Operation Habitat - 1991

Events

• Operation Habitat

Tags

• Refugees
• Peacekeeping operations
• Medical personnel