Sister M Russell nursing a native Accession Number: ART23715

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Sister M Russell bandaging the arms of an indigenous person at the 3rd Australian Casualty Clearing station, Finschhafen, New Guinea. The man had both hands blown off by a grenade while fishing when he was a captive of the Japanese.

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Accession Number
ART23715
Classification
Art
Object Type
Painting
Physical Description
Medium: oil on hardboard
Measurement
framed: 67.7 x 83.2 cm
unframed: 45.5 x 60.8 cm
Medium
oil on hardboard
Date Made
June 1944
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Acquired under the official war art scheme 1946
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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