The Ramu Valley Accession Number: ART28234

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A sketch depicting a landscape view of Ramu Valley, with the surrounding hills in the background and foreground. A jeep can be seen driving along the road in the lower right foreground.

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
ART28234
Artist
Sergeant Douglas Leonard Belcher
Classification
Art
Object Type
Work on paper
Physical Description
Medium: pencil on paper
Measurement
sheet: 25.6 cm x 37.2 cm
Overall: 38.8 cm x 48.6 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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