Burial service, Aitape, New Guinea

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Accession Number ART22150
Collection type Art
Measurement Overall: 40.4 cm x 45.4 cm; framed: 57.6 cm x 63 cm x 5.5 cm
Object type Painting
Physical description oil on canvas on board
Maker Mainwaring, Geoffrey
Place made New Guinea1: Aitape
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

Depicts a scene of unidentified men gathered around grave site, other graves in area, possibly Padre Ronald Arthur Terrence O'Brien, Chaplain Fourth Class, 2/3 Machine Gun Battalion, Australian Military Forces, Danmap River, New Guinea.