Mountain gun, Daumoina Accession Number: ART28222

Description

Depicts an Australian soldier operating a 75 mm pack Howitzer in the Finisterre Ranges. Ammunition can be seen stacked up in the lower left foreground.

Sergeant Belcher, Royal Australian Army Medical Corps attached to Royal Australian Engineers, was able to obtain leave from his unit and moved between the Ramu Valley and the coast along to Yaula and Mindjim Rivers towards Bogadjim, sketching and recording something of the area's activities during the Second World War.

Details

Accession Number
ART28222
Artist
Sergeant Douglas Leonard Belcher
Classification
Art
Object Type
Work on paper
Physical Description
Medium: pencil on paper
Measurement
Overall: 25.8 cm x 37.3 cm
Medium
pencil on paper
Date Made
1944
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Donation 1972-73
Copyright
AWM Licensed copyright

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