The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 Hodge wears his white doctor's coat, possibly on the occasion of a cricket 'test' between Australian and British members of Operation Provide Comfort. The Contingent provided humanitarian aid to Kurdish refugees fleeing Iraqi forces in the wake of the Gulf War.
Zakhu (Zakho), Northern Iraq. 1991-05. A transit camp in northern Iraq which housed Kurdish refugees fleeing Iraqi forces in the wake of the Gulf War. The camps were administered by civilian and milit
Batufa, Northern Iraq. 1991-06-15. Group portrait of members of the cricket team from the Australian Service Contingent, Operation Habitat. The team played the British Contingent in the first 'test' b
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
Probably Gir-i-pit, Northern Iraq. 1991-05. A young Kurdish child stands in front of a water tank and stand constructed by engineers of the Australian Service Contingent to provide a reliable water su
Gir-i-pit region, northern Iraq. 1991-05. Dressed in protective clothing, a member of the Australian Service Contingent sprays insecticide into a tent as part of a preventative medicine operation. As
Bogara, northern Iraq. 1991-06. Members of a medical team with the Australian Service Contingent operate a roadside clinic in a village for Kurdish refugees fleeing Iraqi forces in the wake of the Gul
