The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Probably Gir-i-Pit, northern Iraq. 1991-06. Members of a multinational medical team, possibly from the British Army medical squadron, weigh a Kurdish infant before treatment for malnutrition. As part of the multinational response known as Operation Provide Comfort, such teams, equipped with a Landrover and trailer, travelled in excess of 150 kilometres from base camp each day providing humanitarian assistance to Kurdish refugees fleeing Iraqi forces in the wake of the Gulf War. Following examination, these infants would be referred to feeding clinics, where after intensive feeding, the babies were returned to their mothers who were trained by medics to continue treatment. Such aid was administered by civilian and military organisations including the Australian Service Contingent as part of Operation Habitat (Australia's contribution to Operation Provide Comfort). One of a series of photographs taken by Major Jon Hodge.
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
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
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
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. Outdoor group portrait of medical officers of the Australian Service Contingent, Operation Habitat (Australia's contribution to the multinational response known as Operation Pr
