Kelliher, V.C

Place Oceania: New Guinea1
Accession Number ART26001
Collection type Art
Measurement sheet: 20 x 25.2 cm; image: 20 x 25.2 cm
Object type Work on paper
Physical description pen and ink, brush and colour wash on paper
Maker Browning, George Julian
Place made New Guinea1
Date made 1946
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Depicting QX20656 Private Richard Kelliher, VC, throwing grenades in the action that gained him the Victoria Cross at Nadzab, New Guinea. A sketch for a painting drawn from an account by Captain Whitaker, owner of the plantation, and from a visit to the spot where Captain Whitaker alleged Kelliher performed the deed. Private Kelliher was a member of 2/25th Australian Infantry Battalion.