| Place | Oceania: New Guinea1, Mubo Salamaua Area, Morobe |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | ART22306 |
| Collection type | Art |
| Measurement | Overall: 50.7 x 60.7 cm |
| Object type | Painting |
| Physical description | oil on hardboard |
| Maker |
Mainwaring, Geoffrey |
| Place made | Australia: Victoria, Melbourne |
| Date made | 1944 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Wrapping the dead in army blankets
Description
The scene is of a group of Australian soldiers carrying their dead in blue army blankets and stretchers on board the deck of a torpedoed Landing Ship, Tank at Morobe, Papua New Guinea. One of the ships in the convoy on the way to Lae was hit by a torpedo launched from a Japanese plane in September 1943. This work was started while Mainwaring was working as an artist for the Military History Section (MHS, Melbourne) in May - Oct 1943. However, the work has been dated '44 indicating that Mainwaring most likely finished it upon his return to Australia as an official war artist.
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