not titled [Sergeant Laurence James McGrath] Accession Number: ART96214

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Caricature of Sergeant Laurence James McGrath WX8611 by Dudley Gordon. The cartoon was created whilst McGrath was serving with Gordon in the 43rd Landing Craft Company in New Guinea during the Second World War. During the Second World War Gordon spent several months in the Camouflage Unit before being transferred to 43 Australian Landing Craft Coy RAE in New Guinea. In New Guinea Sapper Gordon was artist and editor of ' Barging On' the unit's unofficial magazine. He reportedly created all etchings for this on plates using a nail file.

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Accession Number
ART96214
Artist
Sapper Dudley Gordon
Classification
Art
Object Type
Work on paper
Measurement
Archived measurement
Medium
pen and ink on paper
Date Made
1944
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Donated 2014
Copyright
AWM copyright

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