| Place | Asia: Afghanistan, Uruzgan Province, Tarin Kot |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | P11269.011 |
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Digital file |
| Maker |
Pedersen, Peter Andreas |
| Place made | Afghanistan: Uruzgan Province, Tarin Kot |
| Date made | 1 February 2011 |
| Conflict |
Afghanistan, 2001-2021 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial
This item is licensed under CC BY-NC
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The entrance to Poppy's, the Australian recreation hut at Tarin Kot. This hut is dedicated to ...
Description
The entrance to Poppy's, the Australian recreation hut at Tarin Kot. This hut is dedicated to 8298024 Trooper David 'Poppy' Pearce, 2/14th Light Horse Regiment, who was Killed in Action on 8 October 2007.
Note this "Poppy's" sign is not one held by the AWM.
One of a series of photographs taken by Peter Pedersen, Head of the Research Centre 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. Peter travelled to Afghanistan with the ADF from January to February in 2011, together with fellow staff members Nick Fletcher, Senior Curator of Military Heraldry and Technology; and Stephanie Boyle, Senior Curator of Film and Sound.