Accession Number | P03178.004 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Transparency |
Maker |
O'Brien, Peter John MacDonald |
Place made | Egypt: Frontier, Sinai |
Date made | c 1986 |
Conflict |
Period 1980-1989 Egypt [Sinai] (MFO), 1982-1986, 1993 - |
Copyright |
Item copyright: AWM Licensed copyright |
A map of the Sinai Peninsula on the wall in the operations room of the Rotary Wing Aviation Unit ...
Description
A map of the Sinai Peninsula on the wall in the operations room of the Rotary Wing Aviation Unit (RWAU). The ANZAC Contingent of the Multinational Force and Observers (ACMFO) was made up of Australian and New Zealand personnel which formed the RWAU, flying RAAF Helicopters, which provided the airlift capability to the MFO monitoring the Egyptian and Israeli cease fire in the Sinai from 25 April 1982 to the 17 March 1986.