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Collection relating to the United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda II (UNAMIR) service of 2307510 Lieutenant (later Lieutenant Colonel) Steven William Brain, 2/4 Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (2/4RAR), Rwanda, 1994-1995.
The collection consists of documents, maps, orders, plans and correspondence related to Brain's deployment with Australian Service Contingent 1 to UNAMIR from August 1994 to February 1995. Brain's unit, drawn from A Company of 2/4RAR, provided rifle protection for the Australian contingent.
Wallet 1 of 2 - consists of two folders. Folder 1 contains 23 documents, reports, orders, maps and booklets. The folder includes accounts regarding weapons handling and rifle discipline in a protection party detachment on 1 September 1994, a request from CARE Australia for members of the Australian contingent to regularly visit the Unaccompanied Children's Centre and orders for visits, a letter from a Rwandan child to the "children of Australia" and information about the Rifle Company’s work in setting up an orphanage, instructions on road rules and regulations, security plans for Australian NGO personnel ("Plan Gorilla"), an annotated map of Kibeho camp, and maps of both the Australian contingent compound and the Kigali hospital compound. The folder also includes a booklet on military and political activities in Rwanda by Brigadier General Henry Anyidoho [Deputy Force Commander, UNAMIR], orders for the redeployment of a detachment from the Australian Contingent to support Operation Overture, information on short leave in Nairobi and Mombasa, plans for the defence and security of the Australian barracks, and a photocopy of a photograph of Lieutenant Brain.
Folder 2 contains the booklet, "Medical Support Force - UNAMIR II: Standard Operating Procedures". The booklet includes information on command and control, orders, the procedures and requirements for reports, communications, security, casualty evacuation, legal and financial matters, stress management, leave, and transport.
Wallet 2 - consists of a document on the history and traditions of 2/4RAR and a modified Phantom comic strip, in which the dialogue has been rewritten to match the experience in Rwanda. The wallet also includes issue 1 of ASC UNAMIR II Family News (dated November/December 1994), containing articles on the experiences and activities of the Australian Service Contingent and the purpose of the newsletter.
Collection relating to the United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda (UNAMIR) service of 331276 Private Miles Wootten, Transport Squadron, 3 Brigade Administrative Support Battalion, Rwanda, 1994-1
Collection relating to the United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda (UNAMIR) service of 112956 Major (later Lieutenant Colonel) Craig Norman Burn, Australian Service Contingent, 1995. Wallet 1 of
Collection relating to the United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda (UNAMIR) service of Corporal (later Warrant Officer Class One) Blair Tidey, Australian Army Intelligence Corps, Rwanda, 1995. W
Collection relating to the United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda (UNAMIR) service of Major (later Colonel) Beverley Christine Wright CSM, Medical Support Force Rwanda, 1994-1995. Wallet 1 of 1
Collection relating to the United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda II (UNAMIR II) service of Warrant Officer Class II James Walter, Advanced Party Australian Medical Contingent, Rwanda, 1994. Wa
Collection relating to the United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda II (UNAMIR II) service of 315389 Colonel Peter George Warfe, Australian Service Contingent, 1995. The collection consists of fi