| Place | Europe: Balkans |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | PR00950 |
| Collection type | Private Record |
| Record type | Collection |
| Measurement | Extent: .5 cm; Wallet/s: 1 |
| Object type | Letter |
| Maker |
Stothart, Wade Bradley |
| Place made | Bosnia and Hercegovina |
| Date made | 1997 |
| Access | restricted |
| Conflict |
Period 1990-1999 |
Stothart, Wade Bradley (Major General, b.1969)
Description
Collection relating to the NATO Stabilisation Force in Bosnia and Herzegovina (SFOR) service of Captain (later Major General) Wade Bradley Stothart, Australian Army, Bosnia, 1997.
Wallet 1 of 1 - Consists of copies of two letters Stothart sent in November and December 1997 to Lieutenant [later Commander] Greg Swinden and other friends while deployed as a Division Liaison Officer to the British division serving under SFOR. He discusses news from home, the respective career postings of friends, and mutual acquaintances from New Zealand and the United Kingdom he has encountered in Bosnia. He also describes the organisational structure of the NATO corps, trips to Sarajevo, his duties, British military administration, Bosnian culture and living conditions, Bosnian Croatian Persons Indicted for War Crimes (PIFWC), and security measures, and writes of the recent scandal concerning the Australian Defence Force Academy.