The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
The razor wire enclosed perimeter of the Australian Force Communications Unit (FCU) contingent headquarters of the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC) features a ubiquitous black and yellow kangaroo warning road sign. A small blue and white sign over the wooden structure in the background bears the words 'Romper Room'. Located near Pochentong Airport in Phnom Penh, FCU Headquarters was located in an old cream and white French colonial building which used to house the French Protector, but became known to the Cambodians as 'Pteah Australii' (Australia House). While the headquarters of the Australian FCU was based here, 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. Drawn from 75 different military units from within Australia and New Zealand, the FCU served in Cambodia from April 1992.
The main sign at the front entrance to the headquarters of the Australian Force Communications Unit (FCU) contingent of the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC), known to the Camb
Behind the kitchen at the Australian headquarters at Phnom Penh, known to the Cambodians as 'Pteah Australii'. From April 1992 the Australian Force Communications Unit (FCU) contingent of the United N
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
The farewell parade at the Australian headquarters at Phnom Penh, known to the Cambodians as 'Pteah Australii', in honor of the 75 United Nations (UN) peacekeepers soon to return home to Australia. Fr
Salvation Army Chaplain Gordon Watson gives the Remembrance Day address from the pulpit during the official parade at the Australian headquarters at Phnom Penh, known to the Cambodians as 'Pteah Austr
Four unidentified armed United Nations (UN) peacekeepers stand at the corners of the recently unveiled Australian monument during the Remembrance Day proceedings at the Australian headquarters at Phno