| Place | Africa: Rwanda |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | P04111.016 |
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Transparency |
| Maker |
Gittoes, George Noel |
| Place made | Rwanda: Kibeho |
| Date made | 1995 |
| Conflict |
Rwanda (UNAMIR), 1993 - 1996 |
| 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. |
Trooper (Tpr) Jonathan (Jon) Church treating one of a large number of wounded Rwandan civilians, ...
Description
Trooper (Tpr) Jonathan (Jon) Church treating one of a large number of wounded Rwandan civilians, victims of the brutal massacre at the Kibeho refugee camp by soldiers of the Rwandan Patriotic Army (RPA) where over 2,000 Rwandan civilians were killed. The refugee camp at Kibeho was administered by the UN and at one time held an estimated 120,000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) fleeing the genocide of the civil war between Rwanda's two tribal groups, the Tutsi and Hutu. Tpr Church, an Australian Army Medical Officer, was a member of the second Australian Service Contingent (ASC2) serving in the second United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda (UNAMIR II). Tpr Church was one of 18 soldiers killed in a training accident in Townsville on 12 June 1996, when two Blackhawk helicopters crashed. (Reproductions only available for personal use, requests for commercial use or publication must be made to Gittoes & Dalton Productions Pty Ltd)