BATUFA, NORTHERN IRAQ. 1991-06-15. THE URN CONTAINING THE `ASHES' FROM THE FIRST CRICKET `TEST' ...

Place Middle East: Persia, Kurdistan
Accession Number P01665.018
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Morris, Jane Gabrielle
Conflict Gulf War, 1990-1991
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Description

BATUFA, NORTHERN IRAQ. 1991-06-15. THE URN CONTAINING THE `ASHES' FROM THE FIRST CRICKET `TEST' BETWEEN AUSTRALIA AND ENGLAND PLAYED IN NORTHERN IRAQ. THE MATCH WAS PLAYED BETWEEN MEMBERS OF THE AUSTRALIAN SERVICE CONTINGENT AND THE ENGLISH CONTINGENT OPERATION HABITAT. THE OPERATION WAS INVOLVED IN THE SUPPLY OF HUMANITARIAN AID TO KURDISH REFUGEES FLEEING IRAQI FORCES IN THE WAKE OF THE GULF WAR.