556272 Corporal Justin White, 135 Signals Squadron, Royal Australian Signal Corps, (RASIGS), ...

Place Africa: Rwanda
Accession Number P02211.022
Collection type Photograph
Object type Colour
Physical description Colour
Maker Unknown
Place made Rwanda: Kigali
Date made June 1995
Conflict Period 1990-1999
Copyright

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Description

556272 Corporal Justin White, 135 Signals Squadron, Royal Australian Signal Corps, (RASIGS), holding an Israeli manufactured Uzi sub-machine gun. He is wearing a United Nations (UN) cap and shoulder patch on his camouflage uniform and is standing outside a tent in the courtyard of the UN compound. The weapon had been presented to the Australians by a European civilian prior to leaving Rwanda and was subsequently used for training purposes. Cpl White was a member of the United Nations Assistance Mission In Rwanda (UNAMIR).