| Accession Number | P03038.033 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Colour - Print |
| Maker |
Unknown |
| Place made | Cambodia: Phnom Penh province, Phnom Penh |
| Date made | c 1992 |
| Conflict |
Period 1990-1999 Cambodia (UNTAC), 1992-1993 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Status to be assessed |
As the replacement contingent of Australian United Nations (UN) peacekeepers arrives in Phnom ...
Description
As the replacement contingent of Australian United Nations (UN) peacekeepers arrives in Phnom Penh, Lieutenant Colonel Steve Ayling, Commanding Officer (CO) of the Force Communications Unit (FCU) contingent of the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC) (right), greets his replacement, 224845 Lieutenant Colonel Martin Studdert (left). Lt Col Studdert made a deliberate effort to increase the number of women in the contingent and was appointed a member of the Order of Australia for his service in Cambodia. The Australian peacekeeper on the far left is unidentified. From April 1992 the Australian FCU contingent of UNTAC were based in Phnom Penh. Smaller contingents were scattered throughout Cambodia as communications support for all the other UNTAC military contingents, having established a communications network throughout Cambodia where none previously existed. The FCU was drawn from 75 different military units from within Australia and New Zealand.