The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Probably Gir-i-Pit, northern Iraq. 1991-06. Stretcher cases being treated on the verandah of the medical clinic operated by the British Army medical squadron. As part of the multinational response known as Operation Provide Comfort, the squadron provided support out of an old school building for Kurdish refugees fleeing Iraqi forces in the wake of the Gulf War. Under their operational control were the four medical teams of the Australian Service Contingent (as part of Operation Habitat, Australia's contribution to Operation Provide Comfort). According to Major Jon Hodge, the Contingent made great use of the British pediatrician and infectious diseases physician, as well as the evacuation ambulances and helicopter.
Probably Gir-i-Pit, northern Iraq. 1991-06. Banner of the British Army medical squadron featuring the words `Haven amidst holocaust'. As part of the multinational response known as Operation Provide C
Probably Gir-i-Pit, northern Iraq. 1991-06. A Black Hawk helicopter of the United States Army 159th Air Ambulance Company used for medical evacuation. As part of the multinational response known as Op
Probably Gir-i-Pit , Northern Iraq. 1991-06. Front view of a Black Hawk helicopter of the United States Army 159th Air Ambulance Company used for medical evacuation. As part of the multinational respo
Silopi Region (border of Turkey and northern Iraq). 1991-06. A line of ambulances used for medical evacuation. As part of the multinational response known as Operation Provide Comfort, the vehicles co
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
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
