A Cambodian mine clearance trainee placing a pyramid shaped marker near an exposed anti-personnel ...

Accession Number P01749.007
Collection type Photograph
Object type Colour
Physical description Colour
Maker Clark, A
Place made Cambodia: Siemreap province
Date made December 1992
Conflict Period 1990-1999
Cambodia (UNTAC), 1992-1993
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Description

A Cambodian mine clearance trainee placing a pyramid shaped marker near an exposed anti-personnel mine. Australian sappers attached to the United Nations Training Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC) were posted to Mine Clearance Training Units (MCTU) and gave courses in land mine identification, minefield marking and mine clearance to the local people. Note the soft brush (foreground) and the string used to mark off the immediate area.