| Accession Number | P11372.055 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Digital file |
| Maker |
Booth, Mal |
| Place made | Persian Gulf |
| Date made | 21-22 November 2008 |
| Conflict |
Period 2000-2009 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial
This item is licensed under CC BY-NC
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'The Weight'. This object symbolises the weight of responsibility passed on from one RAN ship to ...
Description
'The Weight'. This object symbolises the weight of responsibility passed on from one RAN ship to the next when they are deployed to the CTG158 task group. HMAS Parramatta was the last in a line of 19 deployments to the Northern Arabian Gulf area. 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.