From Nangipo Accession Number: ART28242

Description

A view looking towards the sea, with palm trees and vegetation seen in the left foregound.

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
ART28242
Artist
Sergeant Douglas Leonard Belcher
Classification
Art
Object Type
Work on paper
Physical Description
Medium: watercolour on paper
Measurement
sheet: 25.2 cm x 35.4 cm
Overall: 35 cm x 46.4 cm
Medium
pencil and watercolour on paper with cardboard mounting attached
Date Made
16 March 1944
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Donation 1972-73
Copyright
AWM Licensed copyright

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