Corporal Julie Baranowski a woman member of the Military Police, in a jeep (Land Rover 48.047) ...

Place Africa: Somalia, Mogadishu
Accession Number P01735.189
Collection type Photograph
Object type Negative
Maker Gittoes, George Noel
Place made Somalia: Mogadishu
Date made 1 March 1993
Conflict Period 1990-1999
Somalia, 1992-1995
Copyright Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial
Creative Commons License This item is licensed under CC BY-NC
Description

Corporal Julie Baranowski a woman member of the Military Police, in a jeep (Land Rover 48.047) undertaking a street patrol while a corporal in the 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), walks in front of the vehicle. Corporal Baranowski was in demand as the Somali men used to hide weapons under their women's clothes in the hope of avoiding searches by male soldiers.