Interview with Brent Aldridge |
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| Title : | Interview with Brent Aldridge |
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| Creator : | Aldridge, Brent, 1952- | ||
| Source : | South Australians at War Oral History Project, OH 644/2 | ||
| Date of creation : | 2002 | ||
| Additional Creator : | Linn, Rob | ||
| Format : | Oral History | ||
| Contributor : | State Library catalogue | ||
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| Copyright : | This item is reproduced courtesy of Brent Aldridge. It may be printed or saved for research or study. Use for any other purpose requires written permission from Brent Aldridge and the State Library of South Australia. To request approval, complete the Permission to publish form. |
| Description : |
Brent Edward Aldridge was born at Mount Pleasant, South Australia. In 1975 Brent joined the Commonwealth Police force. In 1983 he was sent to Cyprus with the United Nations Australian Police contingent. Brent left the Commonwealth Police force in 1998. In February 2001 he joined the Federal Police force who were recruiting personnel for a United Nations force for East Timor. Brent speaks of his service in Cyprus and East Timor; his motivation for participating in peace keeping missions, and he reflects on the impact these experiences had on his life. |
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| Period : | 1946-1979,1980-2000,2001- |
| Further reading : | Australia. Parliament. Senate. Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade. United Nations peacekeeping and Australia, Canberra : Australian Govt. Pub. Service, 1991 Londey, Peter. Other people's wars: a history of Australian peacekeeping, Crows Nest, NSW: Allen & Unwin, 2003 Ramsbotham, Oliver and Woodhouse, Tom. Encyclopedia of International peacekeeping operations, Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO, Inc. c1999 Smith, Hugh (ed.). Australia and peacekeeping, [Canberra] : Australian Defence Studies Centre, University College, the University of New South Wales, Australian Defence Force Academy, 1990 Smith, Hugh (ed.). Peacekeeping : challenges for the future, Canberra : Australian Defence Studies Centre, 1993 United Nations peacekeeping : meeting new challenges : frequently asked questions , [New York?] : United Nations Department of Public Information, 2006 |
| Internet links : | Australian Army History Unit [Department of Defence]: See: History & Battles: History Index: Peacekeeping 1979-96 United Nations - Peace and Security Victorians at War - Oral History project [Department of Veterans' Affairs and State Library of Victoria]: See: Overview: Peacekeeping |
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