P03038.039 Accession Number: P03038.039

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Salvation Army Red Shield Defence Services Land Rover vehicle, displaying the distinct sign featuring a kangaroo that reads 'Hop in, you're welcome' and offers refreshments to competitors during the UN Olympic games held at Phnom Penh's 1963 Olympic Stadium. Organised by the Australian contingent of the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC), the games drew 600 partisipants from 18 countries. From April 1992 the Australian Force Communications Unit (FCU) contingent of the 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.

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Accession Number
P03038.039
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
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