Sony HDV video camera 7.2 volt battery pack, Robert Nugent, Official Cinematrographer, Iraq

A Sony model NP-QM91D 7.2 volt rechargeable lithium battery pack for use Sony HDV 1080i video camera kit used by Robert Nugent in 2006 AWM Commission to Iraq. One side of the pack incorporates the links to the camera - the other end displays sequential lights showing how much power is left. A tape square on one side states "NEW / 10 Hrs+"

Sony HDV camera rechargeable battery pack for use with the Sony HDV 1080i camera, 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.

Robert 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.