P01762.015 Accession Number: P01762.015

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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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Accession Number
P01762.015
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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