Accession Number | P03654.061 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Transparency |
Maker |
Adler, Fred |
Place made | Somalia: Mogadishu |
Date made | 1993 |
Conflict |
Period 1990-1999 Somalia, 1992-1995 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: AWM Licensed copyright |
Captain (CAPT) Shelli Forbes serving with the Australian Movement Control Unit as part of United ...
Description
Captain (CAPT) Shelli Forbes serving with the Australian Movement Control Unit as part of United Nations Operation in Somalia (UNOSOM 1) sitting in a United Nations (UN) vehicle outside the airport air controllers building. Forbes and her UN driver are wearing UN blue caps and she is holding a Steyr F88 rifle, the standard infantry weapon of the Australian Army. 1RAR served as part of the UN Unified Task Force (UNTAF) in Somalia.