ART92072 - Al Udeid Airbase, Qatar

ART92072

Image copyright: © Australian War Memorial

ID number
ART92072
Title
Al Udeid Airbase, Qatar
Artist
Miller, Lewis
Object type
Drawing
Places made
  • Qatar;
  • Qatar: Al Udeid;
Date made
27 April 2003
Medium
watercolour on paper
Measurement
overall: 30 x 40 cm
Collection
Art
Description
Buildings and airforce camp at Al U Deid Qatar airbase, Al Udeid Airbase, Qatar. Lewis Miller was appointed official war artist in April 2003 to document Australia's involvement in the Second Gulf war. He spent three weeks in the Middle East in Qatar with members of the Australian Defence Force and also recorded the activities undertaken by the RAN, involved in mine clearing near the Al Faw peninsula in the Persian Gulf. He also travelled to Iraq, recording the activities of the SAS at Al Asad and at Al Qusayr and on the Al Ifziiyah peninsula, accompanying them on mine clearance patrols.
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