Warrant Officer 2 Ian Kuring of the Army History Section sorting through a pile of Somali weapons ...

Place Africa: Somaliland
Accession Number P01772.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Colour
Physical description Colour
Place made Somalia: Baidoa
Date made April 1993
Conflict Period 1990-1999
Somalia, 1992-1995
Copyright

Item copyright: Commonwealth of Australia copyright

Description

Warrant Officer 2 Ian Kuring of the Army History Section sorting through a pile of Somali weapons that had been captured or confiscated by the 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), serving as part of the Unified Task Force (UNITAF) in Somalia. The weapons were manufactured in a wide variety of countries. Some of them were subsequently added to the collections of the Australian War Memorial. (Donor I. Kuring)