Informal portrait of unidentified Nepalese Ghurka soldiers during a training exercise. The men ...

Accession Number P03654.027
Collection type Photograph
Object type Transparency
Maker Adler, Fred
Place made Australia: Northern Territory, Darwin
Date made September 1999
Conflict East Timor, 1999-2013
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Description

Informal portrait of unidentified Nepalese Ghurka soldiers during a training exercise. The men were part of a group of 250 Ghurkas who made up part of the United Kingdom's contribution to the International Force for East Timor (INTERFET). The men are armed with Enfield L85A1 automatic rifles,the standard British infantry weapon.

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