The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Okankolo, Namibia, 1989-11-09. Padre Butler, chaplain with 17 Construction Squadron, Royal Australian Engineers (RAE), United Nations Transition Assistance Group (UNTAG) in Namibia, at the Okankolo polling station during voting for the national elections. Behind him, Namibians sit waiting in a queue for their turn to vote. At left wearing sunglasses is a Swedish police officer, part of the multinational United Nations Civil Police (UNCIVPOL) contingent in Namibia to monitor the elections. Padre Butler is wearing jungle green uniform with a blue United Nations (UN) cap.
Namibians queueing up at Eenhana polling station to vote in national elections. The soldier in the right foreground with his back to the camera is Brian ("Flo") Florence, a member of 17 Construction S
Namibia, 1989-0. Plant Troop of 17 Construction Squadron, Royal Australian Engineers (RAE), United Nations Transition Assistance Group (UNTAG), ready to move out with its white United Nations (UN) tru
View across the barbed wire perimeter towards the main gate of Ondangwa military base. Members of 17 Construction Squadron, Royal Australian Engineers (RAE), United Nations Transition Assistance Group
Election poster collected by Sapper David Lesicnik, 9 Troop, 17 Construction Squadron who served in Namibia with the second Australian contingent to the UN Transition Assistance Group (UNTAG) in 1989.
Samil-Quiful, Namibia, 1989-09. A white United Nations (UN) cargo truck specially built to withstand blasts from land mines. The truck is being used by the United Nations Transition Assistance Group (
Noma, Namibia. c.1989-11. Sapper Rob Cotter stands next to a United Nations (UN) UH-1H helicopter which is parked on sandy ground at a polling/monitoring station. Cotter, who is wearing a UN blue bere
