Boarding party "Gold" (Identified left to right): Lieutenant (LEUT) Nicholas Patterson, Able ...

Accession Number P11372.077
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
Creative Commons License This item is licensed under CC BY-NC
Description

Boarding party "Gold" (Identified left to right): Lieutenant (LEUT) Nicholas Patterson, Able Seaman Combat Systems Operator (ABCSO) Dominic Owen, Able Seaman Electronics Technician (ABET) Allen Irving, Leading Seaman Electronics Technician (LSET) Nicholas Bean, Able Seaman (ABMT) Luke Denny, Able Seaman Boatswain's Mate (ABBM) Brendan O'Keefe, Leading Seaman Clearance Diver (LSCD) Chad Buhlmann, Able Seaman Electronics Technician (ABET) Paul Bigland, Able Seaman (ABMT) Matthew Harmeston, Leading Seaman Electronics Technician (LSET) Leslie Floyd, Able Seaman Boatswain's Mate (ABBM) Jesse Meyer and Able Seaman Electronics Technician (ABET) Bruce Patterson. 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.

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