Place | Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Papua, Port Moresby |
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Accession Number | ART25017 |
Collection type | Art |
Measurement | Overall: 38 x 28.4 cm |
Object type | Work on paper |
Physical description | charcoal and coloured conte crayon on paper |
Maker |
Dargie, William |
Place made | New Guinea1 |
Date made | October 1942 |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
Sergeant Katue, PIB
Description
Portrait of Sergeant Katue of the Papuan Infantry Battalion [PIB]. Dargie noted, "On his shoulders & arms Katue is wearing the badges of rank of 4 of the 26 Japs he stated he killed on his last patrol". Katue was later awarded the Military Medal.