| Places | |
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| Accession Number | S01633 |
| Collection type | Sound |
| Measurement | 42 min |
| Object type | Oral history |
| Physical description | 1/4 inch sound tape reel; BASF SM 468; 7 1/2 ips/19 cm.s; stereo; 10 inch NAB |
| Maker |
Miller, Shane Cox, Darlene Australian War Memorial Brassell, Bill |
| Date made | 6 May 1994 |
| Access | Open |
| Conflict |
Period 1990-1999 Period 1980-1989 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial
This item is licensed under CC BY-NC
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| Copying Provisions | Copyright restrictions apply. Only personal, non-commercial, research and study use permitted. Permission of copyright holder required for any commercial use and/or reproduction. |
Major Shane Miller, 17th Construction Squadron, Royal Australian Engineers (RAE), attached to United Nations Transition Assitance Group (UNTAG), interviewed by Darlene Cox about his service in Namibia 1989
Description
Role of and description of 17th Construction Squadron; role in Namibia; advance party arrived in March 1989; taking over South African Defence Force base; collapse of ceasefire in April 1989; types of construction carried out; refugees; conditions in refugee camp; relationship with locals; living conditions for Australians; ingenuity of non-commissioned officers (NCO's) and soldiers; success of operation; importance of taking apolitical stance; relationship with South African Defence Force; vehicles, equipment and stores; United Nations (UN) vehicles supplied by Japanese government; South African vehicles purchased by UN; procedures for acquiring stores; shortages and delays of supplies; recreation; comraderie; language difficulties between different UN forces nationalities. END OF INTERVIEW
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