| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | ART92751 |
| Collection type | Art |
| Measurement | Overall: 18.8 x 11.6 cm |
| Object type | Work on paper |
| Physical description | pencil, pen and ink, watercolour on paper mounted on card |
| Maker |
Milner, Amies |
| Place made | United Kingdom |
| Date made | 1932 |
| Conflict |
Period 1930-1939 Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: External copyright |
Caricature of Major Walter Lionel Ekin Smyth
Description
Depicts a caricature of Major Walter Lionel Ekin Smyth, Manchester Regiment, in profile, wearing a red mess jacket and smoking a pipe. Major Walter Lionel Ekin Smyth (b. South Australia, 1909?) attended Royal Military College, Duntroon during the 1920s, graduating in 1926. He was one of a select few at Duntroon who were invited to take a commission with the British Army during the 1930s and ended up joining Manchester Regiment, serving with the 63rd in 1931. Ekin Smyth saw active service in India and the North-West Frontier (with the Baluchistan Battalion) in 1936-37 and on the Burma Front during the Second World War. After the Second World War , he returned to Australia before heading back to Pakistan, where he was involved with its independence from the United Kingdom in 1947.