Pelican 1500 'Protector' storage case for a Sony HDV 1080i camera kit: Robert Nugent, Official Cinematrographer, Iraq

Heavy duty storage case made high impact polymer shell plastic, with stickers indicating that this is the AWM's property. Supplied with two lockable lataches and a heavy duty handle. There are luggage passes for NUGENT on flight QF791 and QF879 in sticker form adhered to the handle. The inside has been lined with black foam rubber.

'Protector' storage case made form high impact polymer plastic for carrying a Sony HDV 1080i camera and kit, supplied to the Australian War Memorial-commissioned Australian Official Photographer Robert Nugent.

Nugent is a documentary film maker with a background in post-conflict development. He has worked for United Nations as an environmental consultant in the Near East and South East Asia, and as environmental officer for the Central Land Council. In 2002-2003 Nugent gained a Master of Arts in Documentary Production from the Australian Film Television and Radio School. As cameraman and interviewer, he contributed to the 'Australians At War' Film Archive. In 2004, he established Visible Impact Assessment (VIAfilm), a production company specialising in social documentary.

Nugent was the first official cinematographer to be commissioned by the Australian War Memorial. He was sent to record Operation Catalyst in Iraq in 2006. He left Australia on 4 April for Kuwait and Iraq. While in Iraq he spent time in the capital, Baghdad as well as Camp Smitty in the southeast. Nugent returned to Australia in late April 2006.