Japanese woodpecker machine gun Accession Number: ART28225

Description

Depicts a Japanese "woodpecker" machine gun. This particular gun had been used by the Japanese in an ambush at Daumoina on Bogadjim Road, New Guinea.

VX109068 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

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Accession Number
ART28225
Artist
Sergeant Douglas Leonard Belcher
Classification
Art
Object Type
Work on paper
Physical Description
Medium: pencil on paper
Measurement
sheet: 23.2 cm x 35 cm
Overall: 28 cm x 38.8 cm
Medium
pencil on paper with cardboard mounting attached
Date Made
1944
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Donation 1972-73
Copyright
AWM Licensed copyright

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