Insertion Accession Number: ART40741

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Depicts several Australian soldiers leaving an Iroquois UH-1H helicopter flown by members of 9 Squadron RAAF in Vietnam. The soldiers are carrying F1 sub machine guns while the door gunner is holding a GP M60 machine gun. McFadyen served as an official war artist in Vietnam from July 1967 to May 1968. He was Hon. Lieut. RCMF (RAAEC), S. Comd, army no. 350590.

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Accession Number
ART40741
Artist
Classification
Art
Object Type
Painting
Physical Description
Medium: oil on hardboard
Measurement
Framed: 118.9 cm x 137.8 cm x 6.2 cm x 27.5 kg
unframed: 102.7 cm x 121.6 cm x .4 cm
Medium
oil on hardboard
Date Made
1968
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
acquired under official war art scheme 1968
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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