Slouch hat : Chief Petty Officer Signals Yeoman D J Perryman, HMAS Tobruk (II)

Slouch hat complete with blue cotton puggaree with a gold and silver cap badge of a Chief Petty Officer, and brown leather chinstrap. The leather sweatband is impressed in gold, 'AKUBRA 1991 57 MADE IN AUSTRALIA' and a broad arrow. On the inside of the crown is stenciled, 'WOSY J PERRYMAN'. On the inside of the pugaree is a maker's label on which is written, 'PERRYMAN' in blue ink.

Slouch hat worn by Chief Petty Officer Signals Yeoman (CPOSY) Duncan John Perryman of HMAS Tobruk during his service in Somalia. UNOSOM II (United Nations Operation in Somalia) was the second phase of the United Nations intervention in Somalia. It ran from March 1993 until March 1995. UNOSOM II carried on from the US-controlled (but UN sanctioned) UNITAF, which had in turn taken over from the UNOSOM I mission. All three of these interventions were aimed at creating a secure enough environment for humanitarian operations to be carried out in the increasingly lawless and famine-struck country.

The RAN played an important part in the UNOSOM deployment, transporting the battalion group equipment, vehicles, and some troops, to Somalia on board the training ship HMAS Jervis Bay and the heavy landing ship HMAS Tobruk. Tobruk subsequently remained in the area in support, providing logistic support to the Australians and UNITAF, and conducted surveillance off the Somali coast. Its helicopter was used in ship-to-shore transport of personnel. Tobruk was also used by the land forces for rest and recreation.