Sister M Russell nursing a native

Place Oceania: New Guinea1, Huon Peninsula, Finschhafen, Finschhafen area
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

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

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.