| Place | Asia: Afghanistan |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | ART96216 |
| Collection type | Art |
| Measurement | Overall: 29.7 x 21 cm |
| Object type | Sketchbook |
| Physical description | pencil on paper; pen and ink on paper |
| Maker |
Myers, Campbell |
| Place made | Afghanistan |
| Date made | 2012-2013 |
| Conflict |
Afghanistan, 2001-2021 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: AWM Licensed copyright |
[Sketchbook Two - Afghanistan 2012-2013]
Description
Sketchbook Two of two by Cambell Myers who served with a Multimedia Unit in Afghanistan in 2012 and 2013. Sketchbook of 40 pages, containing 8 pencil and pen and ink drawings of figure studies and portraits in black plastic cover, spiral bound, A4 acid -free paper. Blank frontispiece. Campbell Myers has worked as a MultiMedia Technician since 2008 with the Royal Australian Engineers (RAE). In 2012 he was posted with the 1st Intelligence Battalion and deployed to Afghanistan as a replacement for a member who was on relief on 'out of country' leave. He was employed with the PSYOPS Detachment Uruzgan 7 and 8 which were part of the Combined Military Team in Uruzgan, Afghanistan. Myers was deployed twice to Afghanistan; initially in August -September 2012 and subsequently from March-April 2013. While in Afghanistan, Myers drew and sketched the events and day-to-day activities he participated in and witnessed while at the Australian military base at Tarin Kowt in the Uruzgan province.
- not titled [Forward Operating Base [FOB] Hadrian, Afghanistan]
- not titled [U.S. soldier walking along the road in Camp Holland, Afghanistan]
- not titled [U.S. soldier standing to at Guard towers at FOB Hadrian, Afghanistan]
- not titled [Portrait of a member of AUSTINT, Afghanistan]
- not titled [Lance Corporal Chris Wait, RAE, Afghanistan]
- not titled [Men working on the fuselage of a Second World War plane]
- not titled [Sleeping duckling]
- not titled [Flying officer in profile]