F2809636 Lance Corporal Poppy Wenham, Australian Army Signal Corps, smiling behind a group of ...

Accession Number P03518.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Negative
Maker Wenham, Poppy
Place made Pacific Islands: Solomon Islands, Bougainville
Date made 24 April 2000
Conflict Period 2000-2009
PNG [Bougainville] (PMG), 1998-2003
Copyright Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial
Creative Commons License This item is licensed under CC BY-NC
Description

F2809636 Lance Corporal Poppy Wenham, Australian Army Signal Corps, smiling behind a group of children posing for the camera with various items of her equipment. Patrol 32, Monitoring Team Arawa (MT-Arawa) was visiting the village as part of their duties with the international Peace Monitoring Group (PMG). Note the camera case, documents, backpack and the playful thumbs up signal given by several of the boys and girls.