Chris Coustley, Able Seaman, HMAS Anzac

Place Middle East: Persian Gulf
Accession Number ART92053
Collection type Art
Measurement Overall: 34.8 x 26.8 cm (irreg)
Object type Work on paper
Physical description black conte crayon on paper
Maker Miller, Lewis
Place made Persian Gulf
Date made April 2003
Conflict Iraq, 2003-2013
Copyright Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial
Creative Commons License This item is licensed under CC BY-NC
Description

Depicts a portrait of Able Seaman Chris Coustley, seen in right profile, on board HMAS Anzac. Coustley is seated at left; another seaman is seated at right. Lewis Miller was appointed official war artist in April 2003 to document Australia's involvement in the Second Gulf war. He spent three weeks in the Middle East in Qatar with members of the Australian Defence Force and also recorded the activities undertaken by the RAN , involved in mine clearing near the Al Faw peninsula in the Persian Gulf. He also travelled to Iraq, recording the activities of the SAS at Al Asad and at Al Qusayr and on the Al Ifziiyah peninsula , accompanying them on mine clearance patrols.