Carrying a stretcher around a landslide Accession Number: ART22315

Description

Carrying one of the casualties of the 57/60th Australian Infantry Battalion wounded in the ambush of 31st March, under great difficulties over the treacherous ground of a landslide, Finisterre Ranges, New Guinea.

Details

Accession Number
ART22315
Classification
Art
Object Type
Painting
Physical Description
Medium: oil on canvas
Measurement
Overall: 60.4 cm x 45 cm
Medium
oil on canvas
Date Made
1944
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Acquired under official war art scheme 1945
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

Conflicts

Places

Tags

More like this

Carrying wounded over a landslide

Art ART22164 Second World War, 1939-1945

A line of Australian soldiers from the 57/60th Battalion are carrying wounded men on stretchers along a treacherous stretch of a path that has been ruined by a landslide. Dargie noted: "This was one

Sleep

Art ART26577 Second World War, 1939-1945

Men of the 57/60th Australian Infantry Battalion attempting to sleep after 36 hours marching and carrying store, wet through and 3000 feet up and in a very low temperature, Finisterre Ranges, New Guin

Sleep

Art ART26578 Second World War, 1939-1945

Men of the 57/60th Australian Infantry Battalion attempting to sleep after 36 hours marching and carrying store, wet through and 3000 feet up and in a very low temperature, Finisterre Ranges, New Guin

Sleep

Art ART22091 Second World War, 1939-1945

Men of the 57/60th Australian Infantry Battalion attempting to sleep after 36 hours marching and carrying store, wet through and 3000 feet up and in a very low temperature in the Finisterre Ranges, Ne

Lieutenant Vincent Passlow

Art ART23193 Second World War, 1939-1945

Portrait of NX76326 Lieutenant Vincent Passlow, Platoon Commander, 57/60th Australian Infantry Battalion, sketched while at Ramu Valley, Finisterre Ranges, New Guinea.

A cigarette for the wounded

Art ART25030 Second World War, 1939-1945

Soldiers of the 57/60th Australian Infantry Battalion stand around a man laying on a stretcher. One is lighthing him a cigarette. Dargie noted, "Around the Spur, and out of sight of the enemy, it is

See more similar items →

Record information

Last modified: 1 May 2023 - 2.37 am