Pte Grace Accession Number: ARTI01925

Description

Portrait of a man wearing a military jacket. Arthur Gardener changed his name from Baumgarten after he migrated to Australia at the age of 30 on the 8th of March 1938, landing at Fremantle. "I was prompted to this decision by economic and political reasons, seeing no future for me and my wife in fascistic Austria under Schuschnig's government" he wrote. In Australia, at the age of 58, Private Arthur Gardener, assisted in the efforts of the Second World War on the home front in the 3rd Australian Employment Coy (N303400).

Details

Accession Number
ARTI01925
Classification
Art
Object Type
Work on paper
Measurement
sheet: 30 x 20.8 cm
Medium
pencil on paper
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright unknown

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