Army daze, Tucker's great mate - well nearly Accession Number: ART45064

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Shows two soldiers commenting unfavourably on the lack of organisation and low quality of food served to them while in Vietnam. One of the soldiers is saying "Now I know why they call it mess parade!"

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Accession Number
ART45064
Artist
Peter Moore
Classification
Art
Object Type
Work on paper
Physical Description
Medium: fibre-tipped pen on buff paper
Measurement
Overall
Medium
fibre-tipped pen on buff paper
Date Made
1990
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
presented by the artist 1990
Copyright
AWM Licensed copyright

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