The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Gir-i-pit region, northern Iraq. 1991-05. Dressed in protective clothing, a member of the Australian Service Contingent sprays insecticide into a tent as part of a preventative medicine operation. As part of Operation Habitat (Australia's contribution to the multinational response known as Operation Provide Comfort), the Contingent provided humanitarian aid to Kurdish refugees fleeing Iraqi forces in the wake of the Gulf War.
Probably Gir-i-pit, Northern Iraq. 1991-05. A young Kurdish child stands in front of a water tank and stand constructed by engineers of the Australian Service Contingent to provide a reliable water su
Gir-i-Pit region, northern Iraq, 1991-06. Informal portrait of an unidentified member of the Australian Service Contingent, Operation Habitat (left) in a tent with members of the Royal Navy. The Austr
Gir-i-Pit region, northern Iraq, 1991-06. Two members of the Australian Service Contingent, Operation Habitat, in a tent with Royal Navy colleagues. Identified from left to right; unidentified, uniden
Northern Iraq. 1991-06. Informal portrait of doctors Major Jon Hodge and Captain Jane Morris, medical officers with the Australian Service Contingent, Operation Habitat (Australia's contribution to t
A transit camp in the Gir-i-Pit region (north of the city of Duhok in northern Iraq) which housed Kurdish refugees fleeing Iraqi forces in the wake of the Gulf War. The camps were administered by civi
Northern Iraq. 1991-06. Major (Maj) Jon Hodge of the Australian Service Contingent, Operation Habitat (Australia's contribution to the multinational response known as Operation Provide Comfort). Maj H
