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| Accession Number | ART91187.039 |
| Collection type | Art |
| Measurement | Overall: 27.4 x 34.7 cm |
| Object type | Work on paper |
| Physical description | wax, oil crayon on paper |
| Maker |
Sharpe, Wendy Elizabeth |
| Place made | Timor: Dili |
| Date made | 19 December 1999 |
| Conflict |
East Timor, 1999-2013 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial
This item is licensed under CC BY-NC
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Sergeant Kate Pendergast cleaning her rifle, Dili, East Timor
Description
Depicts Sergeant Kate Pendergast, seated in the floor, cleaning her rifle, Dili, East Timor, her toy dog watching at left. 'No one went anywhere without their rifle...Soldiers would jog, shower, eat and sleep with their rifles. At first it scared me. I'd never been around guns before. I learned a soldier must never leave his weapon unattended for his own safety in case it gets stolen.' Wendy Sharpe, `Australian Women's Weekly', March 2000, p. 58. Page from large sketchbook no. 2. Wendy Sharpe was appointed official artist in December 1999, travelling to Darwin, where she attended briefing sessions with Australian INTERFET personnel. In East Timor she was attached to the Army History Unit in Dili, where she recorded the work of the Australian peacekeepers and East Timorese people.