P01754.017 Accession Number: P01754.017

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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 (UNTAG), were stationed here in November 1989 to help supervise voting at polling booths set up in surrounding areas.

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Accession Number
P01754.017
Photographer
D Fox
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Colour
Date Made
November 1989
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
AWM Licensed copyright

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