7 Australian Division loading vehicles and stores Accession Number: ART25936

Description

Scene at Smith Creek as personnel of 7th Australian Division load stores and equipment onto L.S.T's (Landing Ships, tank) for transport to Morotai, the staging area of the "OBOE TWO", amphibious assault on Borneo at Balikpapan.

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Accession Number
ART25936
Classification
Art
Object Type
Work on paper
Physical Description
Medium: pencil on paper
Measurement
Overall: 27.9 cm x 38.1 cm
Medium
pencil on paper
Date Made
1945
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Acquired under the official war artist scheme 1945
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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