The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Gir-i-pit region, northern Iraq. 1991-06. Warrant Officer Class One Wayne Langford checks an IV drip whilst Lance Corporal Mark Campbell (center) examines the patient’s heart rate at a roadside clinic for Kurdish refugees fleeing Iraqi forces in the wake of the Gulf War. Four Australian teams of five personnel, each equipped with a Landrover and trailer, travelled in excess of 150 kilometres from the base camp each day providing humanitarian assistance to refugees located both roadside and in destroyed villages. Approximately 60 to 100 patients were treated each day. The Australian Service Contingent provided humanitarian aid as part of Operation Habitat (Australia's contribution to the multinational response known as Operation Provide Comfort). One of a series of photographs taken by Major Jon Hodge.
Gir-i-Pit region, Northern Iraq. 1991-06. Members of a medical team with the Australian Service Contingent prepare for a tea break while operating a roadside clinic for Kurdish refugees fleeing Iraqi
Bogara, northern Iraq. 1991-06. Members of a medical team with the Australian Service Contingent operate a roadside clinic in a village for Kurdish refugees fleeing Iraqi forces in the wake of the Gul
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
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
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. Outdoor group portrait of medical officers of the Australian Service Contingent, Operation Habitat (Australia's contribution to the multinational response known as Operation Pr
