In action at Daumoina Accession Number: ART28251

Description

Three soldiers are depicted loading an American Pack Howitzer on Bogadjim Road, New Guinea.

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
ART28251
Artist
Sergeant Douglas Leonard Belcher
Classification
Art
Object Type
Work on paper
Physical Description
Medium: pen and watercolour on paper
Measurement
sheet: 18.6 cm x 25.4 cm
Overall: 33 cm x 39 cm
Medium
pen and watercolour on paper with cardboard mount attached
Date Made
30 March 1944
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
donation 1972-73
Copyright
AWM Licensed copyright

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