Accession Number | ART96882 |
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Collection type | Art |
Object type | Work on paper |
Physical description | watercolour on paper |
Maker |
Potter, Rachael |
Place made | Australia: New South Wales |
Date made | 2013 |
Conflict |
Afghanistan, 2001-2021 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: AWM Licensed copyright |
Merlin #2 - Explosive Detection Dog
Description
Watercolour of Explosive Detection Dog, Merlin, who served in Afghanistan. One of 10 watercolours by HSC student and artist, Rachael Michelle Potter, in a series entitled 'Unsung Heroes- Afghanistan', of which nine are in the Memorial's collection. Merlin was an Australian Army Explosive Detection Dog serving with the Reconstruction Task Force in Afghanistan and was accidentally killed in a vehicle incident while on patrol in August 2007.