Flying Officer Garnet Burns

Place Asia: Burma
Accession Number ART24261
Collection type Art
Measurement Overall: 45.2 x 32.3 cm (mounted)
Object type Work on paper
Physical description charcoal with coloured crayons on paper
Maker Hodgkinson, Roy
Place made Burma
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

Shows Flying Officer G. Burns, navigator serving with the Royal Australian Air Force, seen taking a bath outside his tent. In the background are fixtures he has salvaged from a crashed Dakota aircraft to add to the comforts of tent life, including a small sink and water tank, Burma.