Diggers sitting in dugout Accession Number: ART00235

Description

Depicts several soldiers, in uniform and wearing tin helmets, sitting in a dugout. One holds a candle to read a letter by. Frank Crozier (1883-1948) worked as a decorator and clerk and attended the National Gallery of Victoria School in Melbourne from 1905 to 1907. In March 1915 he enlisted with the 22nd Battalion AIF, serving in Egypt and at Gallipoli. In France he served under Brigadier- General Gellibrand who asked Crozier to make sketches of the Battle of Pozieres. He was trained in camouflage work in London in 1918 and in September the same year was appointed Official War Artist. Following the First World War he worked for the Australian War Records Section in London. He returned to Australia in 1919 and his commission was terminated in 1920. In 1936 he was appointed to the Australian War Memorial for 6 months and during the Second World War he worked in a munitions factory at Maribyrnong in Victoria.

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Accession Number
ART00235
Classification
Art
Object Type
Painting
Physical Description
Medium: oil on canvas
Measurement
framed: 77.5 x 66.5 cm
unframed: 61 cm x 50.6 cm
Medium
oil on canvas
Date Made
1918
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Acquired under the official war art scheme 1920
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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