The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Siem Reap, Cambodia. 1993-03-20. Australian Lieutenant-Colonel Richard Palk, Chief of Military Public Information, and Dutch United Nations photographer Lolke van der Heide man relax following the crash of an UNTAC (United Nations Transitional Authority Cambodia) Russian built MI-17 helicopter, in which Palk was a passenger. The helicopter was also carrying two other UNTAC officials as well as a contingent of international media representatives, all of whom were injured. The UNTAC officers were on their way to a meeting with other senior UNTAC officials. Following this accident UNTAC grounded its five remaining MI-17 helicopters pending an investigation. (Donor L. van der Heide)
Siem Reap, Cambodia. 1993-03-20. An UNTAC (United Nations Transitional Authority Cambodia) Russian built MI-17 helicopter is loaded by cranes onto a trailer following its crash on the runway, in which
Siem Reap, Cambodia. 1993-03-20. Luggage is collected from the tarmac after the crashing of the UNTAC (United Nations Transitional Authority Cambodia) Russian built MI-17 helicopter, which injured all
Australian Lieutenant-Colonel Richard Palk, Chief of Military Public Information, UNTAC (United Nations Transitional Authority Cambodia) walks along the runway away from the Russian built MI-17 helico
United Nations officials leave the United Nations Transitional Authority Cambodia (UNTAC) Russian built MI-17 helicopter after its crash on the runway, which injured all twenty-three persons on board.
Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 1993-05-22. Sergeant (Sgt) Derek Webster, of Siem Reap Signal Troop, (Troop Sgt from April to October 1993), is erecting razor wire at a voting site in Siem Reap. Sgt Webster is
Siem Reap, Cambodia, 1993-06-03. A mass of bicycles standing in front of a row of bars that advertise various brands of beer: Anchor, Tiger and ABC Extra Stout. Siem Reap was the site of a signals bas
