| Place | Asia: Vietnam |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | CANA/91/0104/09 |
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white |
| Physical description | Black & white |
| Maker |
Tyler, D J |
| Place made | Iraq |
| Date made | June 1991 |
| Conflict |
Period 1990-1999 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial
This item is licensed under CC BY-NC
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Army medical officer Captain Thi Thanh Tam Tran of Durack, Qld, treats a child as part of ...
Description
Army medical officer Captain Thi Thanh Tam Tran of Durack, Qld, treats a child as part of Operation Habitat, the Australian humanitarian relief mission to northern Iraq. The Australian Defence Force contingent was located at Gir-i-Pit, around 30 kilometres north of Dahak on Northern Iraq. Here, in mountainous terrain, four Australian medical teams would travel the region, providing medical care to some of the half a million Kurds who had fled north from their homes to escape the Iraqi Army. Captain Tran herself had migrated to Australia from Vietnam as an 11-year old refugee in 1976.