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Accession Number | REL31462 |
Collection type | Heraldry |
Object type | Badge |
Physical description | Embroidery cotton thread |
Maker |
Unknown |
Place made | Australia |
Date made | c 2002 |
Conflict |
Iraq, 2003-2013 |
Woven cloth patch : Official War Artist L Miller
Rectangular woven cloth patch showing an Australian flag . The word 'AUSTRALIA' is woven in blue beneath the flag.
Worn by Official War Artist Lewis Miller who accompanied Australian Defence Forces to Iraq in 2003. The Melbourne based artist and winner of the 1998 Archibald Prize, was commissioned as a war artist by the Australian War Memorial. He arrived in Qatar on 14 April, 2003 and spent the following three weeks devoting time to each of the three services and recording their wartime experiences. He spent a night on ships, HMAS Kanimbla and HMAS Anzac, creating a number of portraits. Miller was also allowed access to the activities of the SAS in Al Asad, Al Quisayr and the Al Ifzi Yyah Peninsular. He returned to Australia with approximately eighty paintings and sketches.
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