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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 the multinational response known as Operation Provide Comfort). 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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P01762.015
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Colour: Colour
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