| Accession Number | P10271.069 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Digital file |
| Maker |
Fletcher, Nick |
| Place made | Afghanistan: Helmand Province, Forward Operating Base Shahzad |
| Date made | 4 February 2011 |
| Conflict |
Afghanistan, 2001-2021 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial
This item is licensed under CC BY-NC
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Informal portrait of Gunner (Gnr) Abdiweli Moalim, 1st Field Regiment, Royal Australian ...
Description
Informal portrait of Gunner (Gnr) Abdiweli Moalim, 1st Field Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery. Gnr Moalim is part of a small Australian contingent who supported the British 7th Parachute Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery as part of Operation Herrick from October 2010 till April 2011.
One of a series of photographs taken by Nick Fletcher, Senior Curator of Military Heraldry and Technology at the Australian War Memorial, as part of the Memorial's Curators in the Field program. This program continues the Memorial's tradition of documenting Australia's experience of war, through observing the Australian Defence Force (ADF) and collecting records, photographs, oral histories and objects for the Memorial's National Collection. Nick travelled to Afghanistan with the ADF from January to February in 2011, together with fellow staff members Stephanie Boyle, Senior Curator of Film and Sound; and Peter Pedersen, Head of the Research Centre.