| Accession Number | P04315.061 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Negative |
| Maker |
Dupont, Stephen |
| Place made | Australia: Northern Territory, Darwin |
| Date made | 1999 |
| Conflict |
East Timor, 1999-2013 |
| 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 soldiers, including Privates Moss and King and an unidentified corporal, (?tler, ...
Description
Four Australian soldiers, including Privates Moss and King and an unidentified corporal, (?tler, beginning of name obscured), training in a bush landscape, prior to deployment to East Timor with the International Force for East Timor (INTERFET). Following the announcement of the pro-independence ballot result in September 1999, the pro-Indonesian militia launched a campaign of arson, murder and destruction. Shortly afterwards, on 20 September, the first Australian troops were deployed to East Timor as part of the International Force for East Timor (INTERFET), an Australian led international mission to bring peace and stability to East Timor under the United Nations mandate.