The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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' between Australia and England in northern Iraq as a moral building exercise during Operation Provide Comfort (the multinational response providing humanitarian aid to Kurdish refugees fleeing Iraqi forces in the wake of the Gulf War).
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
BATUFA, NORTHERN IRAQ. 1991-06-15. THE URN CONTAINING THE `ASHES' FROM THE FIRST CRICKET `TEST' BETWEEN AUSTRALIA AND ENGLAND PLAYED IN NORTHERN IRAQ. THE MATCH WAS PLAYED BETWEEN MEMBERS OF THE AUSTR
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
NORTHERN IRAQ. 1991-06. A PALACE BELONGING TO THE IRAQI LEADER SADDAM HUSSEIN. MEMBERS OF THE AUSTRALIAN SERVICE CONTINGENT OPERATION HABITAT WERE IN THE AREA PROVIDING HUMANITARIAN AID TO KURDISH REF
Batifa, Northern Iraq. Outdoor group photograph of a cricket team, possibly the English contingent, who are ready for their first ‘test' match between Australia and England during Operation Habitat. O
