top image: Kokkenokharion; bottom image: Roadside fountain Accession Number: ART23981

Description

top image: View from the 2/2nd Australian Infantry Battalion positions near Tempe, Greece; bottom image: a scene at a natural fountain by the roadside near Tempe. It was from positions near this spot that the 2/2nd Australian Infantry Battalion, together with New Zealand units, inflicted heavy losses on a determined German tank attack during the withdrawal of British forces from Greece in 1941.

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Accession Number
ART23981
Classification
Art
Object Type
Work on paper
Physical Description
Medium: pencil on paper
Measurement
Overall: 8.8 cm x 15.2 cm
Medium
pencil on paper
Date Made
1945
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Acquired under official war art scheme 1945
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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