top image: Church between Thermopylae and Lamia-Brallos Pass road, Greece; bottom image: Indian engineers repairing bridge at the foot of Brallos Pass

Place Europe: Greece, Lamia
Accession Number ART24004
Collection type Art
Measurement Overall: 27.8 x 40.6 cm; top image 9.8 x 18.6 cm [irreg]; bottom image: 16 x 26.5 [irreg]
Object type Work on paper
Physical description pencil on paper
Maker Dargie, William
Place made Greece
Date made 1945
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

top image: Pencil sketch of a church and some trees. In this area the 6th Australian Division fought rearguard against invading German forces and delaying action during the British forces withdrawal from Greece in 1941. bottom image: Pencil sketch of soldiers reconstructing a bridge, with rugged mountains in the background. This bridge was destroyed by troops of the 6th Australian Division in 1941 when fighting a rearguard action in the Brallos Pass during the British withdrawal from Greece. Repaired by the Germans, it was subsequently destroyed by them when retreating from the country.

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