Place | Middle East: Persia, Kurdistan |
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Accession Number | P01665.029 |
Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white |
Physical description | Black & white |
Maker |
Unknown |
Conflict |
Gulf War, 1990-1991 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright unknown |
NORTHERN IRAQ. 1991-06. DOCTOR CAPTAIN JANE MORRIS, MEDICAL OFFICER, WITH A KURDISH CHILD WEARING ...
Description
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.