Squadron Leader Colin Milson Accession Number: ART27642

Description

Portrait of Wing Commander Colin G Milson, DSO and Bar, DFC and Bar, Commanding Officer, 455 Squadron RAAF, wearing a service dress cap, RAAF battle dress and flying jumper. During the Second World War Freedman enlisted in the RAAF and was appointed as a war artist attached to the RAAF Historical War Records Section where he worked from 1944 to 1945, in Borneo, Noemfoor and around Australia.

Details

Accession Number
ART27642
Classification
Art
Object Type
Painting
Physical Description
Medium: oil on canvas on hardboard
Measurement
Overall: 76.6 cm x 60.6 cm
Medium
oil on canvas on hardboard
Date Made
1946
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
presented by the RAAF 1970
Copyright
AWM copyright

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