Place | Oceania: Pacific Islands, Solomon Islands, Bougainville |
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Accession Number | REL30755 |
Collection type | Heraldry |
Object type | Uniform |
Physical description | Cotton; Velcro |
Maker |
Unknown |
Date made | c 1999 |
Conflict |
Period 2000-2009 Period 1990-1999 |
Brassard : Captain J H Holder, 171 Operational Support Squadron, 1 Aviation Regiment, Australian Army
Yellow cotton brassard with an embroidered red, white and blue Australia flag patch sewn on the upper section. On the main body of the brassard is a screen printed circle containing a map of Bougainville with a white dove superimposed upon it. The words 'PEACE' and 'PEACE MONITORING GROUP' are printed in black around the circle. The brassard is secured to the sleeve through a button on the shoulder and two velcro strips around the arm.
Worn by 2810685 Captain Julian Henley Holder. Between 1999 and 2001 Holder completed five two month rotations with the Peace Monitoring Group on Bougainville serving with 171 Operational Support Squadron, 1 Aviation Regiment. This unit provided a detachment headquarters and a troop of four Iroquois UH-IH helicopters in support of the PMG until 2001.
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