The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
New Zealand Police Officer Detective Sergeant Peter 'Bertie' Burt, Observation Officer with the New Zealand contingent and a member of the United Nations Mission East Timor (UNAMET) (right) being interviewd by another New Zealand Police Officer, holding a video camera, who is on a staff visit to East Timor. UNAMET were sent to East Timor on 11 June 1999, to organise, conduct and supervise the referendum, held on 30 August 1999, to allow the East Timorese to choose between autonomy within Indonesia or independence. Following the overwhelming vote for independence, the pro-Indonesian militia launched a campaign of destruction, arson and murder, killing approximately 1500 people and forcing 300,000 others into West Timor as refugees. Due to this the mandate of UNAMET was extended from 31 August 1999 to 30 September 1999, although most members were evacuated by 20 September when the International Force for East Timor (INTERFET) was sent in.
Informal portrait of New Zealand Police Officer Detective Sergeant Peter 'Bertie' Burt, Observation Officer with the New Zealand contingent and a member of the United Nations Mission East Timor (UNAME
Informal group portrait of New Zealand Police Officers, members of the United Nations Mission East Timor (UNAMET), United Nations workers and East Timorese children. The New Zealand Police Officers ar
Informal portrait of civilian police officers, all members of the United Nations Mission East Timor (UNAMET) standing on the porch of their accommodation building, known as 'Bad Manor', with two cases
Informal portrait of Commander Ray Sutton, of New Zealand, head of the United Nations Mission East Timor (UNAMET) civilian police contingent with New Zealand Police Officers standing in front of a Uni
New Zealand Police Officers, members of the United Nations Mission East Timor (UNAMET) in the Dili Hotel the day after the New Zealand Police arrived in East Timor. UNAMET was sent to East Timor on 11
Informal portrait of New Zealand Police Constable Rob Mills (right), a member of the United Nations Mission East Timor (UNAMET) with an Indonesian Police (Polri) Officer employed as a United Nations L
