Soldiers from the 1st Field Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery were stationed at Forward ...

Place Asia: Afghanistan, Helmand Province, Forward Operating Base Budwan
Accession Number P10271.149
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
Creative Commons License This item is licensed under CC BY-NC
Description

Soldiers from the 1st Field Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery were stationed at Forward Operating Base (FOB) Budwan, in support of the British 7th Parachute Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery.

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.