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Alert 15, two-deck cafe, HMAS Kanimbla
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Maker: Churcher, Peter
Figures of men waiting to be called to action. Both HMAS Kanimbla's and the US Navy Seal boarding parties play cards and 'Uckers' whilst waiting for boardings. Peter Churcher recalled, "Every evening...ART91754
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American B-52 bombers returning from, and arming for sorties into Afghanistan, Diego Garcia
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Maker: Churcher, Peter
American B-52 bombers parked on the runway. Peter Churcher recalled, "Whenever I caught the bus to Tent City I would pass the main American flight line where all the B-52 bombers were making sorties i...ART91775
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Arrival of supplies, HMAS Kanimbla
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Maker: Churcher, Peter
A human chain handing supplies from the upper deck to storage below. Peter Churcher recalled, "On this particular morning an American supply ship had dropped off a shipment of food supplies for HMAS K...ART91786
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August 20 (first day)
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Maker: Churcher, Peter
View of the mountains from the flightline at Bagram airbase, Afghanistan. Apache helicopter in foreground. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts ProgramART92409
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Boarding party, HMAS Kanimbla
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Maker: Churcher, Peter
Figures of men waiting to board the craft that will transfer them to the smuggling ships. Peter Churcher recalled, "Represented here is one of the boarding parties fully rigged aboard the craft that i...ART91758
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Bosun's office, HMAS Kanimbla
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Maker: Churcher, Peter
Officer seated in chair looking at computer screen with back to viewer, in the Bosun's office on board the HMAS Kanimbla in the North Persian Gulf. Peter Churcher recalled, "This is a drawing of one o...ART91781
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Computer 'geek' in his office, Australian base, Kuwait
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Maker: Churcher, Peter
A soldier is working at a computer. He refers to himself as a computer 'geek'. Churcher recalled, "This fellow is one of the people 'behind the scenes' based in Doha, Kuwait, providing support for the...ART91917
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Construction of bow block LHD2 (HMAS Adelaide)
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Maker: Churcher, Peter
As an Official War Artist, Peter Churcher was appointed in February 2002 to spend three weeks with the Royal Australian Navy (RAN)in the Persian Gulf. He then flew to Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean ...ART94608
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Corporal McKelvie RAAF, Diego Garcia
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Maker: Churcher, Peter
Portrait of female officer, Corporal McKelvie, RAAF, at Diego Garcia. Peter Churcher recalled, "There were only three Australian women on the island. I felt it was important to acknowledge one of them...ART91750
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Customs check, Kuwait
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Maker: Churcher, Peter
A soldier's gear being checked by Australian customs. Peter Churcher recalled. "When the SAS return from Bagram, they must clean all their gear and have it checked and packed for return home by Austra...ART92406
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Darkened ship, HMAS Kanimbla
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Maker: Churcher, Peter
Night scene of the interior of the ship HMAS Kanimbla. Peter Churcher recalled, "This painting was done to show what it was like in the environment of the ship at night: the claustrophobic corridors a...ART91768
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End of night watch shift, 6.30 am, HMAS Kanimbla
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Maker: Churcher, Peter
Figure of a Australian seaman on night watch. Peter Churcher recalled, "This painting was the second version of the same subject I had painted up on the observation deck earlier. I began work between ...ART91776
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Engine room one, HMAS Kanimbla, study for 'Stoker in engine room one, HMAS Kanimbla'
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Maker: Churcher, Peter
Interior view of the engine room on HMAS Kanimbla in the North Persian Gulf.ART91778
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Engine room two, HMAS Kanimbla, study for 'Stoker in engine room one, HMAS Kanimbla'
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Maker: Churcher, Peter
Interior view of the engine room on HMAS Kanimbla in the North Persian Gulf.ART91779
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Escorted ship, Persian Gulf
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Maker: Churcher, Peter
An RAN ship escorting a smugglers' ship. Peter Churcher recalled, "This was painted the morning the Kanimbla took over control of a smuggling ship that had been brought up from the Gulf of Oman. In th...ART91763
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Flying officer's morning meeting with the commanding officer in the operations room, Diego Garcia
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Maker: Churcher, Peter
Three seated male soldiers meeting in the operations room. Peter Churcher recalled, "This drawing shows the Commanding Officer with two of the pilots in the operations room. The two pilots are revisin...ART91788
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HMAS Kanimbla alongside, Port Rashid, Dubai
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Maker: Churcher, Peter
HMAS Kanimbla in port at Dubai. Peter Churcher recalled, "Before I had even got on the ship I was looking forward to doing some nocturnal images of the ship assuming that the lights of the ship would ...ART91770
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Hornet on flightline at night, Diego Garcia
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Maker: Churcher, Peter
A Hornet on the tarmac. Peter Churcher recalled, "I just wanted to do a painting of a Hornet. It was very hot on the flight path during the day and so I had to work at night. There is evidence of the ...ART91764
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Inside LHD2 (HMAS Adelaide)
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Maker: Churcher, Peter
As an Official War Artist, Peter Churcher was appointed in February 2002 to spend three weeks with the Royal Australian Navy (RAN)in the Persian Gulf. He then flew to Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean ...ART94609
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Interior of cabin in Iraqi smugglers' ship, Persian Gulf
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Maker: Churcher, Peter
Interior of a cabin in the Iraqi smugglers; ship in the South Persian Gulf. Churcher's diary entry reads, "Feb 12 [underlined] - today it was suggested that I board a small boat and go over to the Ira...ART91759