| Place | Africa: Rwanda |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | P04111.010 |
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Transparency |
| Maker |
Gittoes, George Noel |
| Place made | Rwanda: Kibeho |
| Date made | 1995 |
| Conflict |
Period 1990-1999 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: AWM Licensed copyright |
| Copying Provisions | Copyright restrictions apply. Only personal, non-commercial, research and study use permitted. Permission of copyright holder required for any commercial use and/or reproduction. |
Four Australian infantry soldiers, with a Rwandan mother and her child lying on a stretcher, wait ...
Description
Four Australian infantry soldiers, with a Rwandan mother and her child lying on a stretcher, wait for a helicopter to evacuate them from the Kibeho refugee camp, following the brutal massacre of over 2,000 unarmed civilians by the Rwandan Patriotic Army (RPA). The mother and child were among the large number of Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) who had gathered at the second United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda (UNAMIR II) administered camp at Kibeho, that at one time held an estimated 120,000 people, fleeing the genocide of the civil war between Rwanda's two tribal groups, the Tutsi and Hutu. The soldiers are from left to right: Signaller Barry Quinn, Trooper Jonathan (Jon) Church, Private Paul Price and Corporal Paul Jordan. The Australians are all members of the second Australian Service Contingent (ASC2) serving in UNAMIR II. (Reproductions only available for personal use, requests for commercial use or publication must be made to Gittoes & Dalton Productions Pty Ltd)