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Mujahideen freedom fighters
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Maker: Unknown Hezb-i-Islami Afghanistan
Poster featuring photographs of three prominent figures who aided the Mujahideen against the Soviet Union in the Soviet-Afghan war. Australian peacekeepers were involved in de-mining and planning ope...ARTV09139
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Mujahideen guerilla
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Maker: Unknown Hezb-i-Islami Afghanistan Unknown
A poster of Ahmad Shah Masood, an Afghan military leader who was instrumental in driving the Soviet Union army out of Afghanistan. In 1992 Masood became Defence Minister of Afghanistan under President...ARTV09099
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Neyamet: two SAS paramedics with patient Neyamet in American hospital, Bagram, Afghanistan, US Colonel Post standing behind
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Maker: Churcher, Peter
Depiction of Neyamet, a five year old Afghan boy who received a serious ballistic wound to his head. Peter Churcher recalled, "When he arrived at the American hospital on Bagram airbase, part of his s...ART91915
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Night 'picket' (watch) on roof of Australian buildings, Bagram, Afghanistan
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Maker: Churcher, Peter
An SAS soldier is at a gun post during night watch on the roof of the Australian buildings in the compound at Bagram, Afghanistan.ART91922
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No Fly Day Camp Sweeney Oct 2010
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Maker: Delaney, Stephen
Depicts a view of Camp Sweeny, a Forward Operating Base (FOB) in the Zabul province in Afghanistan, which housed the US Army on a 'no fly day' . Stephen Delaney (1954-) is a Canadian Army Reservist an...ART96265.011
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not titled [Flying officer in profile]
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Maker: Myers, Campbell
Depicts the head and shoulders side profile of a Flying Officer or airman. This is one of a number of sketches completed by the artist while in Afghanistan. Campbell Myers has worked as a MultiMedia T...ART96216.008
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not titled [Forward Operating Base [FOB] Hadrian, Afghanistan]
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Maker: Myers, Campbell
Depicts a tower at the Forward Operating Base (FOB) at Hadrian, 60 kms west of Tarin Kowt in Afghanistan. Campbell Myers has worked as a MultiMedia Technician since 2008 with the Royal Australian Engi...ART96216.001
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not titled [inside front cover]
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Maker: Delaney, Stephen
The inside front cover has sequence of numbers which consist of '8T5947 - 9mm' (the artist's pistol number); '89AA 045 72' (the artist's C7 rifle (M16 rifle)); and several sequences of numbers and let...ART96263.001
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not titled [Lance Corporal Chris Wait, RAE, Afghanistan]
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Maker: Myers, Campbell
Depicts a portrait of a soldier, from behind, sitting at his desk, using a laptop. Campbell Myers has worked as a MultiMedia Technician since 2008 with the Royal Australian Engineers (RAE). In 2012 he...ART96216.004
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not titled [Men working on the fuselage of a Second World War plane]
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Maker: Myers, Campbell
Depicts two men in airmen's uniform , one on a ladder, working on the open engine and fuselage of a Second Wolrd War plane. Taken from a Second World War photograph, this sketch is one of a number com...ART96216.006
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not titled [Portrait of a member of AUSTINT, Afghanistan]
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Maker: Myers, Campbell
Depicts a front-on portrait of a member of the Australian Intelligence Corps in Afghanistan. Campbell Myers has worked as a MultiMedia Technician since 2008 with the Royal Australian Engineers (RAE). ...ART96216.005
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not titled [Sleeping duckling]
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Maker: Myers, Campbell
Depicts a sleeping duckling. This is one of a number of sketches completed by the artist while he was in Afghanistan. Campbell Myers has worked as a MultiMedia Technician since 2008 with the Royal Aus...ART96216.007
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not titled [Two buildings]
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Maker: Delaney, Stephen
Depicts a scene of two buildings at base camp in Afghanistan.ART96263.005
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not titled [two figures sitting at a table]
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Maker: Delaney, Stephen
Depicts a scene of two figures inside a building at a camp. They are both positioned around a table.ART96263.007
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not titled [U.S. soldier standing to at Guard towers at FOB Hadrian, Afghanistan]
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Maker: Myers, Campbell
Depicts a U.S. soldier standing to on a guard tower at Forward Operating Base Hadrian, , 60 kms west of Tarin Kowt. Campbell Myers has worked as a MultiMedia Technician since 2008 with the Royal Austr...ART96216.003
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not titled [U.S. soldier walking along the road in Camp Holland, Afghanistan]
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Maker: Myers, Campbell
Depicts a U.S. soldier from behind, carrying a back pack, walking along the road at Camp Holland, Afghanistan. Camp Holland was the main Dutch military base on the outskirts of Tarin Kowt. Campbell My...ART96216.002
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not titled [vechile between two shipping containers]
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Maker: Delaney, Stephen
Depicts a vehilde between two shipping containers at a base in Afghanistan.ART96263.013
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Off to War (Australian Infantrymen)
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Maker: Delaney, Stephen
Depicts the interior of a Bushmaster with sleeping Australian soldiers strapped to their seats, with the lower half of the vehicle sentry visible in the back. As the artist noted; 'Based on my observa...ART96260
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OMLT HQ Camp Holland
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Maker: Delaney, Stephen
Depicts and interior of a camp area at Camp Holland. Camp Holland (multinational base, Tarin Kowt) was the main location of the Dutch and Australian forces in Uruzgan and the location of the Australia...ART96263.024
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OP Over Helmund River Valley, Deh Rawud
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Maker: Delaney, Stephen
Depicts a view of the surveillance post overlooking the Helmand River at FOB Hadrian. FOB Hadrian was located at the intersection of the Helman River and a smaller tributary in the town of Deh Rawud....ART96263.012
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Other Voices
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Maker: Matwiejew, Magda
Depicts a completely veiled figure of a woman in a red burqa appearing in the foreground of the print, while this is overlaid with a faceless silhouette of another woman whose identity is unknown and ...ART93013
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Outside the wire, Mirawais
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Maker: Delaney, Stephen
Depicts a view at FOB Mirwais. This FOB overlooked the town Chora, north east of Tarin Kowt. This FOB was a joint ANA (Afghan National Army) and ISAF base. The Australians placed a company of infantry...ART96263.030
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Pale Rider 3
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Maker: Gittoes, George Noel
Depicts a member of the American Special Forces riding a horse at a buzkashi game. Buzkashi is a violent equestrian game, in which teams of riders on horseback contest to place a headless calf in one ...ART91937
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Panser Kontiub
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Maker: Delaney, Stephen
Depicts a large tent at a camp in Afghanistan.ART96263.019
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Pass
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Maker: Gittoes, George Noel
A young Mujahideen boy holding a rifle, with a Soviet tank on the top of his head. Behind him is a snow covered landscape and a tunnel. Beside him are a number of green flags in the snow, indicating g...ART91940
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Patio at OMLT POMLT Camp Phoenix
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Maker: Delaney, Stephen
Depicts a view from the patio at Camp Phoenix in Afghanistan. The drawing refers to the OMLT (Operational Mentor and Liaison Team) , which was designed to assist with the development of the ANA (Afgha...ART96264.025
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Patrol Base Coyote (Razaq) - Australian Zulu Vehicle
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Maker: Delaney, Stephen
Depicts two Australian Light Armoured Vehicles and crew members outside the perimeter of the patrol base, with the desolate mountains behind. The artist noted of Patrol Base Coyote; 'The morale amongs...ART96256
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PB Razak Helmand R (Uruzgan)
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Maker: Delaney, Stephen
Depicts a view of PB Razak (Patrol Base Razaq) in the Deh Rawud district of Afghanistan. Stephen Delaney (1954-) is a Canadian Army Reservist and his regiment is the Governor General's Foot Guards in ...ART96265.016
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[PDU 7 Coooool]
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Maker: Myers, Campbell
Depicts a toy Voodoo doll, with pins in its back, and a missing leg, seated on the ground. This is one of a number of sketches created by the artist while in Afghanistan in 2012 and 2013. Campbell Mye...ART96217
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Phoenix - helipad and vehicle park
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Maker: Delaney, Stephen
Depicts a view of the helipad and vehicle park at Camp Phoenix. Camp Phoenix was a large USA support base for operations in Kabul and adjacent provines. Stephen Delaney (1954-) is a Canadian Army Rese...ART96264.009
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Phoenix looking NE at dusk
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Maker: Delaney, Stephen
Depicts a view of Camp Phoenix at dusk. Camp Phoenix was a large USA support base for operations in Kabul and adjacent provines. Stephen Delaney (1954-) is a Canadian Army Reservist and his regiment i...ART96264.008
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Pink Roses- ISAF HQ Garden
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Maker: Delaney, Stephen
Depicts the roses in the garden recreation space at the ISAF Headquarters (International Security Assistance Force) in Afghanistan. Stephen Delaney (1954-) is a Canadian Army Reservist and his regimen...ART96264.011
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Poppy's
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Maker: Delaney, Stephen
Depicts a view of 'Poppy's' , a recreation hut at the Australian base at Tarin Kowt. In October 2007, Trooper David 'Poppy' Pearce died when his ASLAV was struck by an improvised explosive device (IED...ART96263.029
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Ramp ceremony for the five soldiers killed in one night
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Maker: Myers, Campbell
Depicts a row of soldiers standing observing the caskets of the five Australian soldiers killed in one night in Afghanistan being loaded into the body of a Hercules plane on a runway. Campbell Myers h...ART96215.007
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[Ramp ceremony for the five soldiers killed in one night]
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Maker: Myers, Campbell
Depicts an areoplane on the tarmac with a group of soldiers in the shadows, observing the Ramp ceremony to return the deceased soldiers to Australia. This is one of a number of sketches completed by t...ART96218
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recto: Figure and head studies in the mess; verso: Dinner time; Rambo on TV
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Maker: Churcher, Peter
6th page in a sketchbook of 42 pages of pencil drawings, diary entries and artist's notes. Recto: Studies of three seated figures and two heads at dinner in the mess; verso: Airmen eating dinner in th...ART91791.006
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Rob's Room at Phoenix (my Kit)
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Maker: Delaney, Stephen
Depicts a view inside Major Rob Sander's room, who was serving with the Australian Defence Force (ADF) in Afghanistan. On a wooden stand in front of the door is the artist's helmet and body armour. An...ART96264.013
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Sandal Hill and cemetary house (Chora)
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Maker: Delaney, Stephen
Depicts the view across the dry, barren landscape with walled houses at Chora. Chora is a district in Uruzgan province in Afghanistan. Stephen Delaney (1954-) is a Canadian Army Reservist and his regi...ART96264.001
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SAS sleeping quarters, Bagram airbase, Afghanistan
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Maker: Churcher, Peter
Showing the interior of the SAS sleeping quarters at the Bagram airbase in Afghanistan. Peter Churcher recalled, "The SAS soldiers lived in one of the partly ruined buildings within the Australian com...ART91912
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SAS soldier in the village of Bagram
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Maker: Churcher, Peter
An SAS soldier is walking in the village of Bagram. Peter Churcher recalled, "Just outside the main gate of the air-base is the village of Bagram, in which the locals live. I was eager to go into the ...ART91916
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Sea King - Camp Stone
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Maker: Delaney, Stephen
Depicts a Sea King helicopter on the runway at Camp Stone in Herat, Afghanistan. Camp Stone, in the Herat province in Afghanistan, housed Italian and US troops. Stephen Delaney (1954-) is a Canadian A...ART96264.015
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Self Portrait
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Maker: Dawson, Nicholas
As part of being exhibited for the inaugural Napier Waller Art Prize exhibition (2018), Dawson provided the following artist statement about his work: "I enjoy the process of forging, moving, and cre...AWM2018.1269.1
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Silence
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Maker: Matwiejew, Magda
Depicts a woman, wearing a burqa, set against a shadowy, unidentified background with mountains and water. With an atmosphere of vagueness and transition, the image suggests that the woman is part of ...ART93012
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[Sketchbook One - Afghanistan 2012-2013]
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Maker: Myers, Campbell Myers, Campbell
Sketchbook one of two by Cambell Myers who served with a Multimedia Unit in Afghanistan in 2012 and 2013. Sketchbook of 40 pages, containing 7 pencil and pen and ink drawings of figure studies in blac...ART96215
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[Sketchbook Two - Afghanistan 2012-2013]
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Maker: Myers, Campbell
Sketchbook Two of two by Cambell Myers who served with a Multimedia Unit in Afghanistan in 2012 and 2013. Sketchbook of 40 pages, containing 8 pencil and pen and ink drawings of figure studies and por...ART96216
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Soviet Exodus war rug
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Maker: Unknown
The rug is a 'Soviet Exodus' war rug, depicting images of stylised Soviet tanks leaving along two roads coming out of the north of a map of Afghanistan, evidence of the Soviets' 'route of retreat'. 'S...ART92682
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Street scene (soldiers in Baghdad)
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Maker: Ashburn, Elizabeth
Depicts two uniformed soldiers in Iraq carrying a dead body through the streets of Baghdad. The painting, as a small vignette, is encircled by a black, blue and gold decorative frame derived from and ...ART92781
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Study for the Drone Stripped Bare of all its Brides
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Maker: Goodwin, Richard
Depicts a scale model of a drone above an intricate background of CIA documents related to surveillance, architectural models, scientific formulae and the Twin Towers. The Royal Australian Air force h...ART96192
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Taliban Holding tank - Hadrian (my home)
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Maker: Delaney, Stephen
Depicts a view of the quarters in which the Taliban were held at Forward Operating Base (FOB) Hadrian in Afghanistan. FOB Hadrian was located in the major provincial town of Deh Rawud , west of Tarin ...ART96265.015
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The aerial skyline Camp Stone
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Maker: Delaney, Stephen
Depicts a view across Camp Stone, with many aerials and towers visible on the skyline. Camp Stone, in the Herat province in Afghanistan, housed Italian and US troops. Stephen Delaney (1954-) is a Cana...ART96264.020
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The entrance to the Australian compound, Bagram, Afghanistan
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Maker: Churcher, Peter
Churcher has depicted the main entrance to the Australian compound known as 'The Ranch'. The artist recalled, "Just past the gate is the sentry box in which is seated a soldier on watch at all times. ...ART91919
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The New Timmy's KAF (late afternoon)
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Maker: Delaney, Stephen
Depicts a view of the building known as 'Timmy's' at Kandahar airfield in Afghanistan, in the late afternoon. Stephen Delaney (1954-) is a Canadian Army Reservist and his regiment is the Governor Gene...ART96265.013
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The Other Man's Grass is always Greener
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Maker: Delaney, Stephen
Depicts a work that relates to a joint Australian and ANA (Afghan National Army) patrol, with an Australian patrol commander seen from behind, walking through marijuana fields in Afghanistan. As the a...ART96258
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The other side of the wire, Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan
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Maker: Brown, Lyndell Green, Charles
Afghanistan, mountain range, artillery practice, firing range near base perimeter.ART93300
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The 'piss-a-phone', outside bombed building, Bagram
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Maker: Churcher, Peter
The shower and toilet block inside the SAS compound, with an SAS soldier using the 'piss-a-phone', an improvised urinal. Peter Churcher recalled, "The 'piss-a-phone' is outside the bombed building in ...ART91924
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The Road to Gulbahar
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Maker: Gittoes, George Noel
Depicts a man and a boy on a motorbike, holding a goat. Behind them is a Soviet tank and a stony landscape.ART91936
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The Russian Hat
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Maker: Gittoes, George Noel
Depicts the head of an Afghan buzkashi player wearing the padded leather helmet of a former Soviet captain. In buzkashi, a violent equestrian game, team captains are distinguished by their Russian ca...ART91939
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The World's Ugliest Building IJC HQ
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Maker: Delaney, Stephen
Depicts a view of military buildings at a base in Afghanistan. Stephen Delaney (1954-) is a Canadian Army Reservist and his regiment is the Governor General's Foot Guards in Ottawa. He has completed ...ART96264.024
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Three SAS guys sitting in their vehicle, Australian compound, Bagram, Afghanistan
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Maker: Churcher, Peter
Three SAS soldiers sitting in their vehicle. There is a grenade gun on top of the vehicle. Peter Churcher recalled, "These vehicles, of which there were about ten, were one of the important tools of t...ART91921
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Tower 2C - Helo pad , Hazy morning, Wolverine, Oct 2010
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Maker: Delaney, Stephen
Depicts the tower 2C and helicopter landing pad at Forward Operating Base (FOB) Wolverine, a US Army base in Zabul province, Afghanistan on a hazy morning. Stephen Delaney (1954-) is a Canadian Army R...ART96265.007
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Tower 6 FOB Apache (FOB Davis from Apache), Qalat, Kabul Oct 2010
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Maker: Delaney, Stephen
Depicts Tower 6 at FOB Apache. Forward Operating Base Apache was a US and Romanian base in the Zabul province in Afghanistan. Stephen Delaney (1954-) is a Canadian Army Reservist and his regiment is t...ART96265.003
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Training Gunners
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Maker: Delaney, Stephen
Depicts ANA (Afghan National Army) gunners being mentored by Australian soldiers, observed from behind, who are firing at abondoned Soviet-era vehicles near a hill. As the artist noted; 'The Australia...ART96261
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Transition
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Maker: Rohse, Craig
As part of being exhibited for the inaugural Napier Waller Art Prize exhibition (2018), Rohse provided the following artist statement about his work: "My self-portrait takes a critical view of four s...AWM2018.1265.1
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Trooper Daniel Westcott, after Afghanistan
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Maker: Quilty, Ben
Artist Ben Quilty created 'Trooper Daniel Westcott, after Afghanistan' during his commission as an official war artist to Afghanistan in 2011. He initially painted from photographs he had taken in Afg...AWM2017.186.1
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Trooper M, Special Forces, Tarin Kowt
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Maker: Quilty, Ben
During his deployment as official war artist in Afghanistan in 2011 Quilty spent time sitting with members of the Special Forces capturing their portraits: "I started doing drawings of the soldiers, ...ART94504
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Two Afghanis rummaging through rubbish in an old container, ASNCE area, Bagram
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Maker: Churcher, Peter
Two Afghan men rummage through rubbish in an old container in the ASNCE area in Bagram, Afghanistan.ART91925
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Two SAS with Simpson the donkey in the Australian compound, Bagram, Afghanistan
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Maker: Churcher, Peter
Two SAS with Simpson the donkey, in the Australian compound, Bagram. Peter Churcher recalled, "The SAS squadron had four donkeys that they purchased from the locals. The donkeys proved to be invaluabl...ART91913
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Uruzgan FOB Hadrian - over the 'Dash'
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Maker: Delaney, Stephen
Depicts a view of the Forward Operating Base (FOB) Hadrian in Afghanistan. FOB Hadrian was located in the major provincial town of Deh Rawud , west of Tarin Kowt. This was a Dutch base, with a French...ART96265.014
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Voodoo dolls have feelings too, Tarin Kot, Afghanistan
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Maker: Myers, Campbell
Depicts a caricature of a small, stitched voodoo doll, with blood dripping from one eye and pins in its back. The doll signifies the anxieties of Defence personnel who perceived they were being treate...ART96215.003
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Waiting at KAF for aircraft, Departure Lounge
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Maker: Delaney, Stephen
Depicts the interior of the Kandhar airport in Afghanistan, with planes on the runway. Stephen Delaney (1954-) is a Canadian Army Reservist and his regiment is the Governor General's Foot Guards in Ot...ART96265.001
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Wall mountain from roof of Canada House, ISAF HQs
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Maker: Delaney, Stephen
Depicts a view of the mountains from the building, Canada House, at the at ISAF (International Security Assistance Force) head quarters in Afghanistan. Stephen Delaney (1954-) is a Canadian Army Reser...ART96264.007
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Where should I go? futureless
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Maker: Hussaini, Sayed Muzafar
'Where should I go? futureless' is subtitled 'There is no-one to look after this little girl. It is difficult to be an orphan.' A young girl in traditional dress stands at the crossroads of two landsc...ART93281
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WO Class 2 Cheryl Acton painting the countries of the fallen soldiers on the Memorial Wall at TK
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Maker: Myers, Campbell
Depicts a portrait of a female ADF member painting the names of the countries of fallen soldiers on the Memorial Wall at Tarin Kowt, Afghanistan. The Memorial Wall commemorated the names of soldiers f...ART96215.005
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WO Class 2 Cheryl Acton standing, painting the countries of the fallen soldiers on the Memorial Wall at TK
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Maker: Myers, Campbell
Depicts a portrait , from behind, of a female ADF member painting the names of the countries of fallen soldiers on the Memorial Wall at Tarin Kowt, Afghanistan. The Memorial Wall commemorated the name...ART96215.006
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Wrecked Russian aircraft, Bagram, Afghanistan
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Maker: Churcher, Peter
Painting of a wrecked Russian Aircraft in Bagram. Peter Churcher recalled, "'These wrecks are a vestige from the Russian/Afghan war (Bagram was then a Russian air-base) - They have been piled in one p...ART91920