Informal group portrait of members of the Peace Monitoring Group. Those on deployment have ample ...

Accession Number P10376.002
Collection type Photograph
Object type Negative
Maker Unknown
Place made Pacific Islands: Solomon Islands, Bougainville
Date made October 1998
Conflict PNG [Bougainville] (PMG), 1998-2003
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright unknown - orphaned work

Description

Informal group portrait of members of the Peace Monitoring Group. Those on deployment have ample opportunity to get to know each other during both work and recreation. Back row, left to right: Unidentified; Unidentified Corporal (Cpl), the pharmacist with a great singing voice and who played the guitar; Captain (Capt) Stephen Woods, Officer in Charge, nursing officer; Capt Richard Crompvoets, who sourced food from the kitchen and locals and could often be seen carrying a large bag of chillies at mealtimes; Sergeant (Sgt) Phillip Dewhurst, a reported jack of all trades and fitness fanatic with expertise in breast feeding. Front row, left to right: Major Sue Neuhaus, General Surgeon Officer commanding the Combined Health Team; Lieutenant (Lt) Lynda White; Cpl Peta Stevens, an operating technician known for her exceptional work, Flight Lieutenant Cindy Vranskia, a medical officer who competed with Lt White in a jelly wrestling competition; Lt Larry Sargant who was not good at scrabble; "Sgt 2 dads", the pathology technician who worked with Sgt Dewhurst. From the collection of Lt Lynda White (Later Major).