Gittoes, George (Artist, b.1949)

Place Oceania: Australia
Accession Number PR01779
Collection type Private Record
Record type Collection
Measurement 1 wallet: 1 cm
Object type Letter
Maker Gittoes, George Noel
Place made Australia
Date made 2001
Access Open
Conflict Period 2000-2009
Rwanda (UNAMIR), 1993 - 1996
Copying Provisions Copyright restrictions apply. Only personal, non-commercial, research and study use permitted. Permission of copyright holder required for any commercial use and/or reproduction.
Description

Colection relating to the service of Australian war artist and Defence photographer George Gittoes, 2001.

Wallet 1 of 1 - Consists of a letter written by Australian war artist and Defence photographer George Gittoes to the Australian War Memorial, on a souvenir-issue envelope, on 15 February 2001. The letter gives personal information about a SAS soldier and combat medic, Jonathan Church, who is depicted in one of the stamps on the envelope. Church, shown wearing United Nations insignia, was photographed by Gittoes while on operations in Rwanda in 1995.