P03038.032 Accession Number: P03038.032

Description

The replacement contingent of Australian United Nations (UN) peacekeepers arrives in Phnom Penh in preperation of the contingent soon to return home. Unidentified Australian peacekeepers disembark from their aircraft. From April 1992 the Australian Force Communications Unit (FCU) contingent of the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (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
P03038.032
Photographer
Unknown
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Colour - Print
Date Made
c 1992
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Donor C Randell
Copyright
Status to be assessed

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