Somalia. 1993-03-26. Snipers from 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), preparing ...

Place Africa: Somalia
Accession Number P01735.491
Collection type Photograph
Object type Transparency
Maker Gittoes, George Noel
Date made 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

Somalia. 1993-03-26. Snipers from 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), preparing to go on an early morning field exercise. The soldier standing is wearing long headgear made of natural coloured hessian and cloth strips. This is part of camouflage known as a Yowi suit. In the background are armoured personnel carriers (APCs) of B Squadron, 3/4 Cavalry regiment. They are serving with the Australian contingent to the Unified Task Force in Somalia (UNITAF).