| Places | |
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| Accession Number | ART24498 |
| Collection type | Art |
| Measurement | framed: 87.3 cm x 105.6 cm; unframed: 64 x 82.8 cm |
| Object type | Painting |
| Physical description | oil over pencil on hardboard |
| Location | Main Bld: World War 2 Gallery: Gallery 2: Pacific |
| Maker |
Griffin, Murray |
| Place made | Singapore: Changi |
| Date made | c 1942 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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25-pounders in action at Gemas, 15 January 1942
Description
At this stage the guns of "C" Troop, 30th Battery, 2/15th Australian Field Regiment, here depicted, are ahead of the infantry, firing at 300 yards at Japanese advancing through the rubber plantation. A few men of the 2/30th Australian Infantry Battalion, which was deployed in rear of the guns, can be seen in the foreground, Gemas, Malaya.