| Place | Asia: Cambodia, Phnom Penh province, Phnom Penh |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | PR00706 |
| Collection type | Private Record |
| Record type | Collection |
| Measurement | Extent: .5 cm; Wallet/s: 1 |
| Object type | Letter |
| Maker |
Clark, Jodie Gibbs, Brian |
| Place made | Cambodia: Battambang province, Battambang, Somalia: Mogadishu |
| Date made | 1993 |
| Access | Open |
| Related File This file can be copied or viewed via the Memorial’s Reading Room. | AWM371 96/0236 |
| Conflict |
Period 1990-1999 Somalia, 1992-1995 Cambodia (UNTAC), 1992-1993 |
| 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. |
Herbert, Jon (Lieutenant Colonel, b.1958)
Description
Collection relating to the United Nations Operation in Somalia (UNOSOM) service of 231915 Sergeant (later Warrant Officer Class II) Brian A Gibbs and United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC) service of F4401787 Sergeant (later Warrant Officer Class I) Margaret Jodie (Jodie) Clark, 2 Signal Squadron, 1993.
Wallet 1 of 1 - Consists of one letter each from Gibbs and Clark to Major (later Lieutenant Colonel) Jon Herbert, 1 Transport Squadron in Holsworthy, New South Wales, regarding their respective deployments with UNOSOM and UNTAC. Gibbs' letter, dated 23 February 1993, discusses the efforts to establish a camp near Mogadishu airport, the amenities at the camp, the logistical movement of equipment and vehicles, gunfire and firefights in the city, his perceptions of Mogadishu, and the Norwegian rations supplied to his unit. In her letter [written c July 1993], Sergeant Jodie Clark writes of the reconstruction efforts in Battambang, theft, her perceptions of Cambodians, living conditions, her visit to Phnom Penh, medical aid to civilians, and recreation, including a casino night at the barracks.