Staging camp at Scott's Creek Accession Number: ART28226

Description

A scene depicting Scott's Creek (left) with a bridge crossing over it, and a staging camp on Bogadjim Road (right), New Guinea. A figure can be seen in the middle ground, pushing a wheelbarrow along, and tents line the road in the background.

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
ART28226
Artist
Sergeant Douglas Leonard Belcher
Classification
Art
Object Type
Work on paper
Physical Description
Medium: pencil on paper
Measurement
sheet: 25.7 cm x 36 cm
Overall: 32 cm x 40.6 cm
Medium
pencil on paper with cardboard mounting attached
Date Made
13 April 1944
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Donation 1972-73
Copyright
AWM Licensed copyright

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