Description
An informal portrait of 554703 Captain (Capt) Bill Hanlon of 2 Signal Squadron, Australian Force Communications Unit (FCU) at Battambang Airport, standing in front of an operational briefing map of Cambodia. Capt Hanlon was responsible for the transport and security of journalist Marje Prior and photographer Heide Smith during their trips away from the FCU Base into areas considered too dangerous for civilians to travel, due to Khmer Rouge activity or the presence of anti personnel mines. Prior and Smith visited Cambodia in January and August 1993 to document Australian involvement with UNTAC, later publishing a book entitled 'Shooting at the Moon - Cambodian Peacekeepers tell their stories'.
Details
Accession Number
P03258.029
Classification
Photograph
Physical Description
Format: 35mm
Support: Acetate
Credit Line
Donor H Smith
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