NORTHERN IRAQ. 1991-06. DOCTOR CAPTAIN JANE MORRIS, MEDICAL OFFICER, WITH A KURDISH CHILD WEARING ...

Place Middle East: Persia, Kurdistan
Accession Number P01665.029
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Unknown
Conflict Gulf War, 1990-1991
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NORTHERN IRAQ. 1991-06. DOCTOR CAPTAIN JANE MORRIS, MEDICAL OFFICER, WITH A KURDISH CHILD WEARING AN AUSTRALIAN SLOUCH HAT. MORRIS WAS PART OF THE AUSTRALIAN SERVICE CONTINGENT OPERATION HABITAT WHICH PROVIDED HUMANITARIAN AID TO KURDISH REFUGEES FLEEING IRAQI FORCES IN THE WAKE OF THE GULF WAR. THE MEDICAL TEAM OF WHICH SHE WAS A MEMBER, 'CHARLIE' TEAM, HAD A ROVING COMMISSION TO PROVIDE TREATMENT TO THE REFUGEES.