Operation Solace was the Australian Defence Force's main contribution to humanitarian efforts in Somalia in 1992. The operation centred around the deployment of the 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR) battalion group to Baidoa in south-central Somalia. The 1 RAR battalion group replaced the 3rd Battalion, 9th United States Marine Regiment in Baidoa on 19 January 1993. The Battalion group was successful in improving the security situation and earned the respect of the non-government aid organisations operating in the region. The 1 RAR battalion group left Somalia on 21 May 1993. The RAAC component of the battalion group was comprised of vehicles of B Squadron, 3rd/4th Cavalry Regiment.

Call Sign 22C - On patrol in Somalia, 1993.

(Courtesy - Mick Toal)

Squadron HQ - Somalia, 1993.

(Courtesy - M Smith)



3rd/4th Cavalry M113A1 APC on patrol - Somalia, 1993.

(Courtesy - Mick Toal)

Members of B Squadron, 3rd/4th Cavalry Regiment, serving with the Australian contingent to the Unified Task Force in Somalia (UNITAF), proceeding across open country in an armoured personnel carrier (APC). 

Baidoa, Somalia. 22nd, March, 1993.

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