Commando officer (Lieutenant Sidney Read) Accession Number: ART22492

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Portrait depicting NX114931 Commando Officer Lieutenant Sidney Read, 2/3rd Australian Independent Company. Drawn during the Salamaua campaign, at Timbered Knoll, New Guinea, 30 July 1943.

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Accession Number
ART22492
Classification
Art
Object Type
Work on paper
Physical Description
Medium: carbon pencil on paper
Measurement
Overall: 53 cm x 36.3 cm
Medium
carbon pencil on paper
Date Made
1943
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
acquired under official war art scheme 1943
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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