Red cross armband : Corporal J Booth, 2 Field Ambulance, Operation Provide Comfort

Places
Accession Number REL36001
Collection type Heraldry
Object type Uniform
Physical description Cotton drill, Wool felt
Maker Unknown
Place made Australia
Date made c 1990
Conflict Period 1990-1999
Description

Red cross armband with hemmed edges and a red felt cross in the centre. There are no visible means of attaching the armband. It is well used, with dirt and staining.

History / Summary

Related to the service of Corporal Julie Booth, a medic from 2 Field Ambulance who served with Operation Provide Comfort in northern Iraq and eastern Turkey in 1991. A total of 75 Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel served in the operation in the aftermath of the First Gulf War. United Nations Resolution 688 authorised humanitarian assistance to Kurdish refugees in the Turkish/Iraq border region. Corporal Booth was one of 72 Army and 3 RAAF personnel (with expertise in medical, dental, engineering and logistics) who were deployed to the area as part of a larger force which eventually totalled 21,701 military personnel, with contributions from the United States, Great Britain, the Netherlands, France, Italy, Spain, Luxembourg, Canada, Portugal, Turkey and Belgium.