Private Vernon (Happy) Towns

Place Oceania: New Guinea1
Accession Number ART21337
Collection type Art
Measurement Overall: 28.4 x 22.6 cm; Image 21.7 x 17.2cm
Object type Work on paper
Physical description sanguine conte crayon on paper
Maker Dargie, William
Place made New Guinea1: Huon Peninsula, Ramu River Finisterre Ranges Area, Finisterre Ranges
Date made 1944
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Portrait of Private Vernon Royce (Happy) Towns (TX373) of the 2/12th Australian Infantry Battalion. Towns wears a slouch hat and is smoking a cigarette.