Accession Number | P11372.012 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Digital file |
Maker |
Booth, Mal |
Place made | Persian Gulf |
Date made | 21-22 November 2008 |
Conflict |
Iraq, 2003-2013 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial![]() |
View of KAAOT, an Iraqi off-shore oil platform, taken from a Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat (RHIB) ...
Description
View of KAAOT, an Iraqi off-shore oil platform, taken from a Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat (RHIB) which was launched from HMAS Parramatta. One of a series of photographs taken aboard HMAS Parramatta by Mal Booth, Head of the Australian War Memorial's Research Centre, 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.