Accession Number | P09937.021 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Digital file |
Maker |
Ager, Stephen |
Place made | East Timor |
Date made | 2000 |
Conflict |
East Timor, 1999-2013 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial![]() |
Sergio Vieira de Mello, United Nations (UN) Transitional Administrator, presenting the UN medal ...
Description
Sergio Vieira de Mello, United Nations (UN) Transitional Administrator, presenting the UN medal to Sub Lieutenant (Sub Lt) Paul Kimlin, Royal Australian Navy. Sergio Vieira de Mello was killed in the Canal Hotel Bombing in Iraq along with other members of his staff on 19 August 2003 while working as the Secretary-General's Special Representative in Iraq. Sub Lt Kimlin was killed in a Sea King helicopter crash in Indonesia 2005, whilst administering Tsunami support. This image relates to the service of the United Nations Headquarters Peacekeeping Force (HQPKF), United Nations Transitional Authority in East Timor (UNTAET).