| Places | |
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| Accession Number | ART21416 |
| Collection type | Art |
| Measurement | Overall: 38.1 x 28.7 cm |
| Object type | Work on paper |
| Physical description | sanguine conte crayon on paper |
| Maker |
Abbott, Harold |
| Place made | Australia: Queensland, North Queensland, Atherton Tableland, Atherton |
| Date made | 12 June 1944 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Private Patrick (Paddy) Kealy
Description
Portrait of Private Patrick Thomas Andrew (Paddy or "Battle axe") Kealy (VX45209), 2/2 Australian Field Ambulance. He enlisted in early 1940 and joined his unit in April 1941. He saw action in the Middle East, Greece and Crete, and also in Syria, Ceylon, and New Guinea. Kealy was a great builder of morale and lived a varied and eventful life. He was a wool grazier in South Australia before the war and had previously been a pharmacist and a keen politician and bush lawyer.
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