The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Depicts an elderly Lebanese woman , wearing a head scarf, seated on a chair. Beside her is a crutch and she is seated against a crumbling stone wall, riddled with bullet holes. This drawing was executed as a result of the Australian Army's sponsorship of Gittoes' travel to Western Sahara, Egypt, Israel, Jordon, Lebanon and Syria from January to March 1994 to cover peacekeeping activities and operations in these countries. The Australian Army had peacekeepers in Lebanon involved with the UN Truce Supervision Organisation (UNTSO).
Depicts a United Nations stone bunker, OP 54, in the Golan Heights, Israel. The bunker is set into the rocky landscape and terrain of this region . Gittoes travelled to Western Sahara, Egypt, Israel,
In text accompanying the drawing, Gittoes notes; 'the whole ward [in the hospital] felt neglected by the world. No one had visited them to get their account of events...the boy was about 15; his mothe
United Nations (UN) peacekeepers at the UN Observation post, OP 73, Golan Heights, looking towards Mt. Herman. The area depicted, looking towards the Israeli Early Warning Listening Stations, was one
Collection relating to the service of Lieutenant Colonel (later Major General) Ian Campbell Gordon with UN Peacekeeping operations in the Western Sahara and East Timor. Included in the collection is G
Series number AWM260 Series title Peacekeeping operations, miscellaneous records Contents date range 1949 - 2009 Extent 0.8 metres Access conditions Subject to the Australian Archives Act 19