AIF embarking at Suez Accession Number: ART21012

Description

AIF troops and members of the Australian Army Nursing Service embarking into Nile ferries which will take them out to the big transports in Suez Bay. (These troops were going to "Strathallan", a former PO Liner). Further along Shell Quai is an oil tanker discharging her cargo and in the distance are the oil storage tanks and one of the harbour's many barrage balloons.

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Accession Number
ART21012
Classification
Art
Object Type
Painting
Physical Description
Medium: oil on canvas
Measurement
Framed: 61.5 cm x 66.8 cm
Medium
oil on canvas
Date Made
February 1942
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Acquired under official war art scheme 1945
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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