Jim Benton Accession Number: ART91862

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Garvey's cartoon portrait of Jim Benton, 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.

Benton is seen in right profile wearing a uniform without hat. James Edwin Benton was born at Korumburra, Victoria on 11 April 1921. He enlisted at Caulfield, Victoria on 17 June 1940. He served as a Lance Corporal in the Army, service number VX27849. He died on 1 November 1942.

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Accession Number
ART91862
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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