AWM P01742.001

Black and white image of 3 men in uniform holding aloft a UN flag stretched between them. In the centre of the flag is the UN emblem of 2 olive branches encircling a map of the world. Behind them is a military vehicle parked outside a low-lying building.

Merauke, West New Guinea. Three pilots from No. 16 Army Light Aircraft Squadron attached to UNTEA raising the UN flag at the Merauke airport. Left to right: Captain R. Knight; Captain D. Chinn, Detachment Commander; Second Lieutenant J. Campbell. Absent is the fourth pilot, Captain N. Hansen, who took this photograph in either November or December 1962. AWM P01742.001

Source
AWM P01742.001
Date made
November-December 1962
Place made
Merauke, West New Guinea
Creator
N Hansen
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Peace operations since 1947