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| Accession Number | ART21700 |
| Collection type | Art |
| Measurement | Overall: 34 x 47.2 cm |
| Object type | Work on paper |
| Physical description | crayon on paper |
| Maker |
Hodgkinson, Roy |
| Place made | New Guinea1 |
| Date made | 1942 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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2/12 Infantry Battalion 18 Brigade AIF at Oro Bay
Description
Showing the 2/12 Australian Infantry Battalion setting out on a march to Cape Endaiadere in the Buna battle area. They arrived from Milne Bay by sea transport and marched 15 miles through swamp, rivers, Kunai grass, coconut plantations and dense jungle in battle order. The Battalion had previously served at Tobruk in Libya.
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Conflicts
Places
- Africa: North Africa, Libya
- Africa: North Africa, Libya, Cyrenaica, Tobruk Area, Tobruk
- Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Papua
- Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Papua, Owen Stanley Range, Buna Area
- Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Papua, Owen Stanley Range, Buna Area, Buna
- Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Papua, Owen Stanley Range, Buna Area, Cape Endaiadere