Place | Asia: Afghanistan, Helmand Province, Forward Operating Base Budwan |
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Accession Number | P10271.119 |
Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Digital file |
Maker |
Fletcher, Nick |
Place made | Afghanistan: Helmand Province, Forward Operating Base Budwan |
Date made | 5 February 2011 |
Conflict |
Afghanistan, 2001-2021 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial![]() |
Informal portrait of Gunner (Gnr) Brendan Nikolajew (left) and Gnr Wayne Gordon, 1st Field ...
Informal portrait of Gunner (Gnr) Brendan Nikolajew (left) and Gnr Wayne Gordon, 1st Field Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery. The 1st Field Regiment was deployed to Afghanistan in support of the British 7th Parachute Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery (7 Para RHA). Both Gnr Nikolajew and Gnr Gordon are wearing the patch of the 7 Para RHA.
This image was 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 aims to continue the Memorial's tradition of documenting Australians' experience at war, through observing the Australian Defence Force and collecting records, photographs, oral histories and objects for the Memorial's National Collection. Nick travelled to Afghanistan with the Australian Defence Force 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.