Lieutenant Colonel Sir Albert Coates

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Accession Number ART27000
Collection type Art
Measurement Overall: 101.4 x 76 cm
Object type Painting
Physical description oil on hardboard
Maker Griffin, Murray
Place made Australia: Victoria, Melbourne
Date made 1956
Conflict Period 1950-1959
Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Depicts a portrait of Lieutenant Colonel Sir Albert Ernest Coates, Kt, OBE, MD, MS, FRCS, Medical Officer, 8th Australian Division ex-prisoner of war of the Japanese. Australian Army Medical Corps (AAMC) was appointed as Chief Medical Officer. At its peak the camp contained 7,353 POWs. Burma Thailand Railway: Nakom Paton.

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