The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Namibia. c.1989-11. A long white building on an open sandy site operates as a polling station in the north of Namibia. Dressed in camouflage uniform, Staff Sergeant John Delai, head of the polling station (squatting) and Lieutenant Brent Maddock (standing with hands on hips) stand outside the building discussing the location for a requested ordnance clearance. In the foreground is the back of a United Nations (UN) Buffel MPV (Mine Protected Vehicle) covered by green shade cloth to protect passengers from the fierce sun. Delai and Maddock are members of the second Australian contingent to UNTAG (United Nations Transition Assistance Group) who provided security for the elections in the form of a Ready Reaction Force.
Ondangwa, Namibia. Namibian voters queue outside a polling station, situated 300 metres north of the Australian base, during the elections. People dressed in their best clothes to come and vote, and m
Namibia. c.1989-11. Sapper Matt Phillips looking out over the side of a United Nations Buffel MPV (Mine Protected Vehicle). Phillips was a member of the second Australian contingent to UNTAG (United N
Namibia. 1989-11-01. Buffel armed reconnaissance vehicle travels across the sandy plain near Oshakati. The buffel is attached to Australia's Field Troop of Engineers at Ondangwa, in the north, serving
Namibia. 1989-11-01. Buffel armed reconnaissance vehicle travels across the sandy plain near Oshakati. The buffel is attached to Australia's Field Troop of Engineers at Ondangwa, in the north, serving
Okankolo, Namibia, 1989-11-09. Padre Butler, chaplain with 17 Construction Squadron, Royal Australian Engineers (RAE), United Nations Transition Assistance Group (UNTAG) in Namibia, at the Okankolo po
Namibia. c.1989-11. Two Australians wearing United Nations blue berets lean out the back of a UN Buffel MPV (Mine Protected Vehicle) as the vehicle tows a bogged UN landrover out of deep sand. The bos
