GIRIPIT, NORTHERN IRAQ. 1991-06. GROUP PORTRAIT OF MEMBERS OF 'CHARLIE TEAM', THE AUSTRALIAN ARMY ...

Place Middle East: Persia, Kurdistan
Accession Number P01665.010
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Unknown
Place made Iraq: Duhok Governate
Date made June 1991
Conflict Gulf War, 1990-1991
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GIRIPIT, NORTHERN IRAQ. 1991-06. GROUP PORTRAIT OF MEMBERS OF 'CHARLIE TEAM', THE AUSTRALIAN ARMY MEDICAL AID TEAM SERVING IN NORTHERN IRAQ AS PART OF THE AUSTRALIAN SERVICE CONTINGENT OPERATION HABITAT. THE TEAM HAD A ROVING COMMISSION TO PROVIDE TREATMENT TO KURDISH REFUGEES FLEEING IRAQI FORCES IN THE WAKE OF THE GULF WAR. LEFT TO RIGHT: ?, CORPORAL ROSS OSBORNE (MEDIC, KNEELING), ?, CAPTAIN JANE MORRIS (MEDICAL OFFICER), ?. ABOVE THEIR HEADS IS A BANNER READING 'MEDICAL SQUADRON HAVEN AMIDST HOLOCAUST'.