Accession Number | P11454.052 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Digital file |
Maker |
Quilty, Ben |
Place made | Afghanistan: Uruzgan Province |
Date made | October 2011 |
Conflict |
Afghanistan, 2001-2021 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial This item is licensed under CC BY-NC |
Source credit to | Acquired through Australian War Memorial official commission 2011 |
Informal portrait of an unidentified Afghanistan National Army soldier manning a watchtower at ...
Description
Informal portrait of an unidentified Afghanistan National Army soldier manning a watchtower at Patrol Base Samad. He is armed with a US designed and made M249 Minimi Light Support Weapon (LSW). One of a series of photographic studies taken by the Australian War Memorial's Official Artist Ben Quilty, who travelled to Afghanistan with the Australian Defence Force in October 2011.