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| Accession Number | ART03406 |
| Collection type | Art |
| Measurement | framed: 166.8 cm x 217.5 cm x 15.5 cm x 41 kg |
| Object type | Painting |
| Physical description | oil on canvas |
| Place made | United Kingdom: England, Greater London, London |
| Date made | 1919 |
| Conflict |
Period 1910-1919 First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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4th Division Artillery and Infantry moving into battle
Description
A column of Australian infantrymen and artillery wagons crowd a road leading into a battlefield on the Western Front. The battle is clearly already in action, with a tank moving into position as explosions and shellfire erupt in the distance, and parties of stretcher bearers return to a field ambulance truck with casualties. In the foreground, infantry reinforcements from the 49th and 52nd Battalions carry their rifles and full kit as they prepare to enter the front line.