Baidoa, Somalia. 28 March 1993. Two members of 'D' Company, 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian ...

Place Africa: Somalia, Baidoa
Accession Number P01735.436
Collection type Photograph
Object type Transparency
Maker Gittoes, George Noel
Place made Somalia: Baidoa
Date made 28 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

Baidoa, Somalia. 28 March 1993. Two members of 'D' Company, 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), during a night patrol. They are, 239195 Private (Pte) Hilary Andrew (Hobbsy) Hobbs on the left wearing night vision goggles, and 1107015 Pte Manvell David (Newts) Newton with the machine gun is on the right. They are serving with the Australian contingent to the Unified Task Force in Somalia (UNITAF).