023634 Accession Number: 023634

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Cairo, Egypt. 1942-02. The official war sculptor, Lieutenant (Lt) Lyndon Dadswell, attached to the Military History and Information Section packing up prior to the departure from the Middle East. Lt Dadswell, was appointed an Official War Artist on 2 September 1941, having enlisted in 1940. He served with the 2/3rd Battalion in Greece as a private, was promoted to acting corporal and was wounded in action on 22 June 1941. He resigned his commission on 18 December 1942.

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Accession Number
023634
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Support: Nitrate
Measurement
Overall: 3 3/8 in x 4 1/4 in
Image: 3 in x 4 in
Date Made
February 1942
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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