Place | Oceania: Pacific Islands, Solomon Islands, Bougainville |
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Accession Number | ART21450 |
Collection type | Art |
Measurement | Overall: 28.7 x 39 cm |
Object type | Work on paper |
Physical description | pen and wash on paper |
Maker |
Abbott, Harold |
Place made | Pacific Islands: Solomon Islands, Bougainville |
Date made | 1944 |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
The Details Issue Depot
Description
Detail Issue Depot, 224 Australian Supply Depot Platoon. A Brigade provost Corporal controls the traffic while a truck is being unloaded of rations and stores, some being carried away by native boys from Buka and New Guinea. The Detail Issue Depot was built for storing and distributing basic supplies to the various camps across Bougainville Island during the Second World War.