Signaller linesman (Signaller V Lever)

Place Oceania: New Guinea1
Accession Number ART25371
Collection type Art
Measurement Overall: 55.6 cm x 31.1 cm (sight) (mounted)
Object type Work on paper
Physical description sanguine and bistre conte crayons over blue crayon on paper
Maker Browning, George Julian
Place made New Guinea1
Date made 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

Royal Australian Signals Corps, 23rd Australian Line Section, 18 Line of Command Signals; Signaller V Lever, Linesman, 23 Aust Line Sect; wearing PMG (Post Master General [Departmental]) safety belt, American pattern climbing spurs and American gaiters worn in reverse to avoid the stirrups of the spurs overlaying the strap of the gaiters, causing discomfort