Flight Lieutenant William Newton Accession Number: ART26991

Description

Portrait of Flight Lieutenant William Ellis Newton, VC, 22 Squadron RAAF. He was awarded the VC in 1943. During the Second World War Freedman enlisted in the RAAF and was appointed as a war artist attached to the RAAF Historical War Records Section and he worked here from 1944 to 1945, in Borneo, Noemfoor and around Australia.

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Accession Number
ART26991
Classification
Art
Object Type
Painting
Physical Description
Medium: oil on canvas
Measurement
Framed: 98.5 cm x 83.5 cm x 6.2 cm
Unframed: 75.5 cm x 61 cm
Medium
oil on canvas
Date Made
1946
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
AWM copyright

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