Accession Number | P03258.223 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Negative |
Maker |
Smith, Heide |
Place made | Cambodia |
Date made | 1993 |
Conflict |
Period 1990-1999 Cambodia (UNTAC), 1992-1993 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial![]() |
Sergeant (Sgt) John Rixon of the Australian Federal Police (AFP), part of the first contingent of ...
Description
Sergeant (Sgt) John Rixon of the Australian Federal Police (AFP), part of the first contingent of ten officers to serve with the Civilian Police (CIVPOL) Component of the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC) from 19 May 1992 until 16 January 1993. Sgt Rixon is standing in front of a line of white UNTAC vehicles in the grounds of the Thmar Puok Police Training School which was built to train State of Cambodia (SOC) police and which was handed back to the SOC after the second contingent left in September 1993.