Description
Remembrance day at the Australian headquarters at Phnom Penh, known to the Cambodians as 'Pteah Australii'. The unveiling of the Australian monument by Lieutenant General John Murray Sanderson, Force Commander of the military component of the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC). From April 1992 the Australian Force Communications Unit (FCU) contingent of UNTAC were based in Phnom Penh. Smaller contingents were scattered throughout Cambodia as communications support for all the other UNTAC military contingents, having established a communications network throughout Cambodia where none previously existed. The FCU was drawn from 75 different military units from within Australia and New Zealand.
Details
Accession Number
P03038.028
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Colour - Print
Credit Line
Donor C Randell
Copyright
Status to be assessed
Conflicts