The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
An informal portrait of 455618 Trooper (Tpr) Nicholas Rose, a signaller with the Australian Force Communications Unit (FCU), at work in the signals room of the FCU base at Siem Reap. Whilst attached to the Bangladeshi battalion based at the small United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC) base at Svay Leu in central Siem Reap province, Tpr Rose experienced a heavy Khmer Rouge attack on Christmas Eve 1992 and then again three days later. At the time the base included an electoral office where eligible Cambodians could register to vote, and up to 800 people had come to register on the day before the shelling started in earnest. Tpr Rose managed to maintain communications while he, members of the Bangladeshi battalion and electoral staff were trapped in their bunker for a number of days as the Khmer Rouge shelled the base from 10 to 12 kilometres away. All were eventually evacuated on New Year's Eve, 1992, but the electoral office building had been destroyed, which had been the Khmer Rouge objective. A number of similar incidents had occurred from early December 1992 as the Khmer Rouge response to the UN's Security Council Resolution 792, which condemned the Khmer Rouge's failure to comply with its obligations to canton its weapons, and confirmed the May 1993 election date. Tpr Rose received a Land Commander's commendation for his work in Cambodia.
On a street outside Cambodia's National Museum in Phnom Penh, a cyclo (also known as a trishaw) driver dozes in the heat whilst awaiting business as a group of foreigners (possibly non government agen
An informal portrait of W133384 Leading Aircraftwoman (LACW) Kylie Kiddle, one of twenty RAAF personnel serving with the Australian Force Communications Unit (FCU) contingent of the United Nations Tra
Siem Reap, Cambodia, 1993-06-05. Gunner Carl Rob, an Australian signaller serving with the Force Communications Unit (FCU) of the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC) at work in t
Siem Reap, Cambodia, 1993-06-05. Two Australian signallers, Corporal Mick Ruane (back to camera) and Gunner Carl Rob, serving with the Force Communications Unit (FCU) of the United Nations Transitiona
Collection relating to the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC) service of Stuart Vance, District Electoral Supervisor, 1992-1993. Wallet 1 of 1 - Consists of 11 letters and one
Two Australian signallers with the Force Communications Unit (FCU) of the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC) working in the office of the local FCU signals base. Corporal Mick R
Siem Reap, Cambodia, 1993-06-03. A mass of bicycles standing in front of a row of bars that advertise various brands of beer: Anchor, Tiger and ABC Extra Stout. Siem Reap was the site of a signals bas
