Rahman, Mohammed Abdur (Lance Corporal)

Place Oceania: Australia, Victoria, Melbourne
Accession Number AWM2021.887.3
Collection type Private Record
Record type Collection
Measurement Extent: 1.5 cm; Wallet/s: 1; Oversize: 1
Object type Map, Document, Serial
Maker Australian Army
GM Holden Ltd
Various
Place made Australia, East Timor
Date made 1999-2001, 2005
Access Open
Conflict East Timor, 1999-2013
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.
Description

Collection relating to the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (Operation Tanger) service of 3813768 Private (later Lance Corporal) Mohammed Abdur Rahman, B Company, 6 Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR), East Timor, 2000.

Wallet 1 of 1 - Consists of a letter and slip from General Motors (Holden Ltd) granting Rahman, an Australian Army Reservist, leave for military service; a map of the compound at Aidabasalala, hand drawn by Lance Corporal John Stapleton immediately after B Company, 6RAR had fought off an attack on 21 June 2000; an invitation to 'Journey of an Australian Peacekeeper: A Soldier's Experience in East Timor", a photographic essay curated by Rahman in 2005; and a form from the City of Whitehorse, nominating Rahman for a UN Media Peace Prize for his photographic essay.

Folio 1 of 1 - Consists of a copy of the Holden Motors' publication, 'People, April 2001', which features a story on Rahman on page 7 titled, 'Rahman Keeps the Peace'.