The 'piss-a-phone', outside bombed building, Bagram

Place Asia: Afghanistan
Accession Number ART91924
Collection type Art
Measurement Framed: 23.2 cm x 32.5 cm x 3.7 cm; Unframed: 20 cm x 30 cm
Object type Painting
Physical description oil on hardboard
Maker Churcher, Peter
Place made Afghanistan, Afghanistan: Parwan Province, Bagram
Date made 22 August 2002
Conflict Period 2000-2009
Afghanistan, 2001-2021
Copyright Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial
Creative Commons License This item is licensed under CC BY-NC
Description

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 which the men's bathroom facilities are housed in the Australian compound, Bagram airbase, Afghanistan."