Place | Oceania: New Guinea1, Huon Peninsula, Finschhafen, Finschhafen area |
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Accession Number | ART23715 |
Collection type | Art |
Measurement | framed: 67.7 x 83.2 cm; unframed: 45.5 x 60.8 cm |
Object type | Painting |
Physical description | oil on hardboard |
Maker |
Heysen, Nora |
Place made | New Guinea1: Huon Peninsula, Finschhafen, Finschhafen area |
Date made | June 1944 |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
Sister M Russell nursing a native
Description
Sister M Russell bandaging the arms of an indigenous person at the 3rd Australian Casualty Clearing station, Finschhafen, New Guinea. The man had both hands blown off by a grenade while fishing when he was a captive of the Japanese.