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Accession Number | ART22745 |
Collection type | Art |
Measurement | Overall: 54.6 x 67.6 cm |
Object type | Work on paper |
Physical description | charcoal and crayon with sanguine conte crayon on paper |
Maker |
Hodgkinson, Roy |
Place made | New Guinea1 |
Date made | January 1944 |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
Air sea rescue, 1943 (Flying Officer John Shelton, warrant officer Fred Ring, Flying Officer A Filear, Sergeant S.J. Bell, Lega and US Pilot Lieutenant George Wicks)
Description
Bootless Bay; air-sea rescue, launch; 45 Operational Base Unit, Air-Sea Rescue Unit; l-r: Flying A J Filear, Commanding RAAF Flying Boat Base and Marine Section, Sergeant G J Bell, coxswain of crash boat, Warrant Frederick Ring, Lieutenant George Wicks, USAF, Flight Lieutenant John Grantley Shelton, Medical, Lega, native crew boy, and the unidentified body of a deceased USAF airman; survival equipment - rubber raft, Mae West life jacket