Brigadier Sir Neil Hamilton Fairley

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Accession Number ART27685
Collection type Art
Measurement framed: 106.7 cm x 91.7 cm x 6.5 cm; Unframed 91.5 cm x 76.4 cm
Object type Painting
Physical description oil on canvas
Maker Dargie, William
Place made Australia: Victoria, Melbourne
Date made 1960
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Portrait of Brigadier Sir Neil Fairley, CBE, FRS, MD, DSc (Melb), FRCP (Lond), FRACP, DTM&H, Director of Medicine, Land Headquarters South West Pacific Area, Australian Army Medical Service; Chairman, Combined Advisory Committee to General MacArthur on Tropical Medicine Hygiene and Sanitation SWPA. Fairley was Director of Medicine LHQ 1942-45. This painting was made from photographs and a previous portrait of Fairley by Dargie, dated 1943, in the family's possession.