RASCHENKA, NORTHERN IRAQ. 1991-06. MEMBERS OF THE AUSTRALIAN ARMY MEDICAL AID TEAM DRIVE PAST THE ...

Place Middle East: Persia, Kurdistan
Accession Number P01665.008
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Morris, Jane Gabrielle
Place made Iraq: Duhok Governate
Date made June 1991
Conflict Gulf War, 1990-1991
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Description

RASCHENKA, NORTHERN IRAQ. 1991-06. MEMBERS OF THE AUSTRALIAN ARMY MEDICAL AID TEAM DRIVE PAST THE TENT VILLAGE OF RASCHENKA. THE TEAM WAS SERVING IN NORTHERN IRAQ AS PART OF THE AUSTRALIAN SERVICE CONTINGENT OPERATION HABITAT. IT HAD A ROVING COMMISSION TO PROVIDE TREATMENT TO KURDISH REFUGEES FLEEING IRAQI FORCES IN THE WAKE OF THE GULF WAR.