| Place | Asia: Afghanistan |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | ART96215 |
| Collection type | Art |
| Measurement | Overall: 28.8 x 21cm |
| Object type | Sketchbook |
| Physical description | pencil on paper; pen and ink on paper |
| Maker |
Myers, Campbell Myers, Campbell |
| Place made | Afghanistan |
| Date made | 2012-2013 |
| Conflict |
Afghanistan, 2001-2021 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: AWM Licensed copyright |
[Sketchbook One - Afghanistan 2012-2013]
Description
Sketchbook one of two by Cambell Myers who served with a Multimedia Unit in Afghanistan in 2012 and 2013. Sketchbook of 40 pages, containing 7 pencil and pen and ink drawings of figure studies in black plastic cover, spiral bound, A4 acid -free paper. Blank frontispiece. Campbell Myers has worked as a MultiMedia Technician since 2008 with the Royal Australian Engineers (RAE). In 2012 he was posted with the 1st Intelligence Battalion and deployed to Afghanistan as a replacement for a member who was on relief on 'out of country' leave. He was employed with the PSYOPS Detachment Uruzgan 7 and 8 which were part of the Combined Military Team in Uruzgan, Afghanistan. Myers was deployed twice to Afghanistan; initially in August-September 2012 and subsequently from March-April 2013. While in Afghanistan, Myers drew and sketched the events and day-to-day activities he participated in and witnessed while at the Australian military base at Tarin Kowt in the Uruzgan province.
- [Afghan soldier holding a rifle]
- Voodoo dolls have feelings too, Tarin Kot, Afghanistan
- I'm not Crazy, Afghanistan- preliminary sketch
- WO Class 2 Cheryl Acton painting the countries of the fallen soldiers on the Memorial Wall at TK
- WO Class 2 Cheryl Acton standing, painting the countries of the fallen soldiers on the Memorial Wall at TK
- Ramp ceremony for the five soldiers killed in one night
- [David Barker Gallipoli 15]