The Resource After the blast : an Australian officer in Iraq and Afghanistan, Garth Callender
After the blast : an Australian officer in Iraq and Afghanistan, Garth Callender
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- Summary
- In 2004 Garth Callender, a junior cavalry officer, was deployed to Iraq. He quickly found his feet leading convoys of armoured vehicles through the streets of Baghdad and into the desert beyond. But one morning his crew was targeted in a roadside bomb attack. Garth became Australia's first serious casualty in the war. After recovering from his injuries, Garth returned to Iraq in 2006 as second-in-command of the Australian Army's security detachment in Baghdad. He found a city in the grip of a rising insurgency. His unit had to contend with missile attacks, suicide bombers and the death by misadventure of one of their own, Private Jake Kovco. Determined to prevent the kinds of bomb attacks that left him scarred, Garth volunteered once more in 2009 to lead a weapons intelligence team in Afghanistan. He was helicoptered to blast zones in the aftermath of attacks, and worked to identify the insurgent bomb-makers responsible
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 247 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781863957380
- Label
- After the blast : an Australian officer in Iraq and Afghanistan
- Title
- After the blast
- Title remainder
- an Australian officer in Iraq and Afghanistan
- Statement of responsibility
- Garth Callender
- Title variation
- Australian officer in Iraq and Afghanistan
- Subject
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- trueVeterans
- Afghan War, 2001- -- Participation, Australian
- Afghan War, 2001- -- Personal narratives, Australian
- trueAfghan War, 2001-2021
- Australia, Army -- Biography
- trueBiography
- Callender, Garth
- trueIncompetence
- trueIraq War, 2003-2011
- Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Participation, Australian
- trueIraq War, 2003-2011 -- Personal narratives, Australian
- truePoliticians
- trueScandals
- trueSoldiers -- Australia
- Soldiers -- Australia -- Biography
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- In 2004 Garth Callender, a junior cavalry officer, was deployed to Iraq. He quickly found his feet leading convoys of armoured vehicles through the streets of Baghdad and into the desert beyond. But one morning his crew was targeted in a roadside bomb attack. Garth became Australia's first serious casualty in the war. After recovering from his injuries, Garth returned to Iraq in 2006 as second-in-command of the Australian Army's security detachment in Baghdad. He found a city in the grip of a rising insurgency. His unit had to contend with missile attacks, suicide bombers and the death by misadventure of one of their own, Private Jake Kovco. Determined to prevent the kinds of bomb attacks that left him scarred, Garth volunteered once more in 2009 to lead a weapons intelligence team in Afghanistan. He was helicoptered to blast zones in the aftermath of attacks, and worked to identify the insurgent bomb-makers responsible
- Award
- Waverley Council Library Awards, Military History Prize, 2016.
- Biography type
- autobiography
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10470715
- Cataloging source
- ANL
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Callender, Garth
- Dewey number
- 355.0092
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- portraits
- plates
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- U55
- LC item number
- .A8 C35 2015
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Callender, Garth
- Australia
- Biography
- Afghan War, 2001-
- Afghan War, 2001-
- Iraq War, 2003-2011
- Iraq War, 2003-2011
- Soldiers
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- an Australian officer in Iraq and Afghanistan
- Label
- After the blast : an Australian officer in Iraq and Afghanistan, Garth Callender
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- cartographic image
- Content type code
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- cri
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000054319516
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- 247 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781863957380
- Other physical details
- colour illustrations, colour portraits, maps
- Specific material designation
- regular print
- System control number
- (OCoLC)904034473
- Label
- After the blast : an Australian officer in Iraq and Afghanistan, Garth Callender
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- cartographic image
- Content type code
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- cri
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000054319516
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- 247 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781863957380
- Other physical details
- colour illustrations, colour portraits, maps
- Specific material designation
- regular print
- System control number
- (OCoLC)904034473
Subject
- trueVeterans
- Afghan War, 2001- -- Participation, Australian
- Afghan War, 2001- -- Personal narratives, Australian
- trueAfghan War, 2001-2021
- Australia, Army -- Biography
- trueBiography
- Callender, Garth
- trueIncompetence
- trueIraq War, 2003-2011
- Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Participation, Australian
- trueIraq War, 2003-2011 -- Personal narratives, Australian
- truePoliticians
- trueScandals
- trueSoldiers -- Australia
- Soldiers -- Australia -- Biography
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