After the Blast by Garth Callender sculpture Correspondence discussing Quarterly Essay 37

Correspondence discussing Quarterly Essay 37

Born just five days apart in a remote corner of the Northern Territory

It's now time for us to remember not only our fallen

and drank with Graham Greene

After the Blast by Garth Callender sculpture Correspondence discussing Quarterly Essay 37A very Australian story of heroism and healing. 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