P01762.014 Accession Number: P01762.014

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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 Provide Comfort). Identified standing, left to right; Major Jon Hodge (OC Med Coy), Captain Tam Tran and Captain Jane Morris – the remainder are unidentified. During the operation, four Australian teams of five medical personnel travelled in excess of 150 kilometres from the base camp at Gir-i-Pit each day, providing humanitarian assistance to Kurdish refugees fleeing Iraqi forces in the wake of the Gulf War. Approximately 60 to 100 patients were treated by a team per day.

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Accession Number
P01762.014
Photographer
Unknown
Classification
Photograph
Physical Description
Colour: Colour
Date Made
June 1991
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
AWM Licensed copyright

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