Place | Europe: France |
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Accession Number | ART03106 |
Collection type | Art |
Measurement | sheet: 25.4 x 35.6 cm; image: 25.4 x 35.6 cm |
Object type | Work on paper |
Physical description | watercolour, pencil on paper |
Maker |
McCubbin, Louis Frederick |
Date made | 1918 |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
Ruined church
Watercolour sketch depicting two Australian soldiers in uniform outside the ruins of a church in the Somme region. One of the Australian soldiers is mounted on a horse with a General Service wagon attached; the other soldier is standing to the side of the church ruins. In the right foreground of the sketch are Nissan huts. There also appears to be donkeys pulling another wagon in the mid ground. Louis McCubbin enlisted with the 14th Battalion AIF in 1916, serving in France from November 1917 with the 10th Field Ambulance. He undertook a camouflage course and was appointed as an Official War Artist working as Officer in Charge of Camouflage for 3rd Division AIF in 1918. His appointment was terminated in 1920, in which year he returned to Australia and joined the staff of the Australian War Memorial to paint backgrounds for dioramas and to perform a variety of other duties. McCubbin remained in the position until 1930.