Claude Lyne Accession Number: ART91858

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Garvey's cartoon portrait of Claude Lyne, from a series of thirty-six pencil drawings made in Syria, Palestine and Lebanon in 1942 of members of 15 Platoon 'C' Company, 2/32 Battalion, Lebanon 1942. Lyne is drawn in right profile three quarter portrait aspect. He is in uniform without a hat and is holding what is possibly a cigarette in his right hand. Lyne was born in Kerang, Victoria on 15 June 1911. He enlisted at Kerang on 20 June 1940, serving as a Private in the Army, service number VX27032. He died on 3 September 1942.

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Accession Number
ART91858
Maker
Private Joe Garvey
Classification
Art
Object Type
Work on paper
Physical Description
Medium: pencil on paper
Measurement
Overall: 27.4 cm x 21.2 cm
Medium
pencil on paper
Date Made
1942
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
presented 2002
Copyright
Unlicensed copyright

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