GIL/67/0545/VN Accession Number: GIL/67/0545/VN

Description

Vietnam. 1967-07. War artist Lieutenant Bruce Fletcher of Glen Iris, Vic (left), works on an oil painting on an easel in his outdoor studio in the rubber trees around the Australian Task Force base. Captain Bob Skelton of Newcastle, NSW, and the 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR), is taking a keen interest in the progress of the portrait painting of Private Jim Molony of Camooweal, Qld, a machine gunner. Fletcher wears a plaster cast on his leg as he was wounded in the foot when a captured enemy weapon accidentally discharged.

Details

Accession Number
GIL/67/0545/VN
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
1967
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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Accession GIL/67/0545/VN

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