Mountain gun on Bogadjim road Accession Number: ART28228

Description

Three Australian soldiers are depicted loading a 75mm howitzer mountain gun on Bogadjim road, New Guinea.

verso: Three sketches depicting soldiers kneeling on the ground and operating a mountain gun.

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
ART28228
Artist
Sergeant Douglas Leonard Belcher
Classification
Art
Object Type
Work on paper
Physical Description
Medium: pencil on paper
Measurement
sheet: 25.4 cm x 37 cm
Overall: 34.2 cm x 46.1 cm
Medium
pencil and pen and black ink on paper with cardboard mounting attached
Date Made
11 April 1944
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Donation 1972-73
Copyright
AWM Licensed copyright

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