P03258.041 Accession Number: P03258.041

Description

A corporal of the Indonesian contingent to the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC) on guard duty at a sandbagged position outside 'Pteah Australii', the Phnom Penh headquarters of the Australian Force Communications Unit (FCU) contingent to UNTAC. Wearing a UN issue blue flak jacket over his disruptive pattern camouflage, he is armed with Belgian made 5.56 mm FN-MINIMI light machine gun. Behind him on the balcony, three members of the Australian contingent look on. The Indonesian and Ghanaian Contingents were both deployed in a security capacity to the Phnom Penh Special Zone (PPSZ) for the duration of the electoral period, from October 1992 onwards.

Details

Accession Number
P03258.041
Maker
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Transparency
Physical Description
Format: 35mm
Date Made
1993
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Donor H Smith
Copyright
AWM copyright

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Accession P03258.041

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