| Place | Europe: Belgium, Flanders, West-Vlaanderen, Messines |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | ART41026 |
| Collection type | Art |
| Measurement | Overall: 80 x 130 x 100 cm |
| Object type | Diorama |
| Physical description | figures: composite lead with paint; background: synthetic polymer paint over oil on fibrous plaster; modelling: plaster over wood and wire with wire, metal, wood, vegetable matter and paint |
| Maker |
Anderson, Wallace McCubbin, Louis Frederick |
| Place made | Australia: Victoria, Melbourne |
| Date made | 1923-1924 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Evacuation of wounded: Where the walking wounded and stretcher cases part company
Description
Third in the series of nine dioramas depicting the scheme of evacuation practiced at the Battle of Messines in France. This model shows stretched cases being loaded on to a light tramway and being pushed to the Advanced Dressing Station for further treatment.