Eacott, Leonard Sidney (Principal Chaplain; Brigadier, b.1947)

Place	Asia: Cambodia
Accession Number	PR01841
Collection type	Private Record
Record type	Collection
Measurement	Extent: 3 cm; Wallet/s: 2
Object type	Papers
Maker	Eacott, Leonard Sidney
Place made	Australia, Cambodia
Date made	1987, 1992-1993
Access	Open with exceptions
Conflict	Period 1990-1999 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.

Place

Asia: Cambodia

Accession Number

PR01841

Collection type

Private Record

Record type

Collection

Measurement

Extent: 3 cm; Wallet/s: 2

Object type

Papers

Maker

Eacott, Leonard Sidney

Place made

Australia, Cambodia

Date made

1987, 1992-1993

Access

Open with exceptions

Conflict

Period 1990-1999
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.

Collection relating to the service of 138015 Chaplain (later Principal Chaplain) Leonard Sydney Eacott on Operation Gemini with the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC), 1992-1993.

The collection includes a green folder containing a tourist map for Phnom Penh, a notebook, a yellow card with 'Instructions for all members of the UNTAC Military Component Regarding Opening Fire in Cambodia', an 'Australian Defence Force (Army) Soldiers Handbook Operation Gemini Cambodia' and a diary. The diary contains entries from 11 September 1992, when Eacott was informed of the deployment, to 6 October 1993, when he returned to Australia. Eacott writes of the emotional highs and lows leading up to, and during, the deployment and his experiences in Cambodia, including visiting the genocide museum, a deterioration in security in April 1993, and his work as army chaplain. He also writes of the recreational activities of Australian military personnel in Cambodia, including discussion on those that frequent the sex workers.

The collection also includes a circular United Nations cloth patch, and a 1987 postcard sent by a colleague in Perth while Eacott was at the Anglican Parish of Oakey in Queensland.