Vehicle registration plate : 2 Signal Squadron, Force Communications Unit, UNTAC

White vehicle registration plate with black raised lettering and border bearing the registration number 'UNTAC-1341'. There are six mounting holes of which five are enlarged from being pulled from their mounting. One end of the numberplate is torn along its vertical length and the whole plate is somewhat distorted. Written in texta on the reverse is 49763 and 2 SQDN.

United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC) vehicle registration plate used on an Australian 2 Signals Squadron vehicle. Over 500 Australian troops served as part of a 15,000-strong United Nations peacekeeping force in Cambodia from 1992 to prepare the country for free elections in 1993. The Australian contingent provided the military and civil communications infrastructure for the operation. 2 Signal Squadron of the Australian Force Communications Unit maintained a Headquarters at Battambang, located in the northwest of Cambodia and a region of continued Khmer Rouge presence. During the lead up to the May 1993 elections, the Australian Squadron shared the base with a Malaysian Infantry unit, an Indian Medical unit, a Pakistani Logistics unit, a Thai Engineering unit and an Australian Black Hawk helicopter Squadron.