Tocumwal - loading the train

Place Oceania: Australia, New South Wales, Tocumwal
Accession Number ART92132
Collection type Art
Measurement Overall: 65 cm x 94.5 cm x 1.7 cm; framed: 80.6 cm x 109.5 cm x 7.4 cm
Object type Painting
Physical description oil on canvas
Maker Bergner, Yosl
Place made Australia: Victoria, Melbourne
Date made 1944
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: AWM Licensed copyright

Description

Four figures stationed with the Army Labour Camp at Tocumwal during the Second World War. It is likely that the men were 'friendly aliens' employed within the 6th Employment Company based at Tocumwal. Their main duties were loading and unloading the trains.