NGDD Lae, Sept. 44 Accession Number: ART28339.001

Description

A pencil drawing of four Australian soldiers in wet-weather clothes walking around a muddy tent area at the New Guinea Deployment Depot in Lae.

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Accession Number
ART28339.001
Artist
Sargeant Oliffe Richmond
Classification
Art
Object Type
Work on paper
Measurement
sheet: 38.2 cm x 25.6 cm
Medium
pencil on paper
Date Made
September 1944
Place Made
Whole/Part
Child
Item Count
1
Credit Line
acquired 1980- found in storage at Duntroon
Copyright
Unlicensed copyright

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