Sauri (2/7 Cavalry Commando Sqn)

This image depicts an Australian Cavalry Commando Squadron. There is an encampment of tents in the background, and Australian soldiers making their way through the bush towards the camp in the foreground. The Australian Red Ensign flies in the background. This flag was traditionally officially used at sea. This is one of a series of drawings by NX129974 Gunner Lloyd William Piper, 2/2 Field Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery, depicting various scenes from the Aitape - Wewak campaign from January to May 1945. Piper was an Australian cartoonist and art teacher who drew Wolf for the Sunday Telegraph, and later Ginger Meggs. The folder contains 12 joined fold-out pages of watercolour drawings that depict various sites visited by the 2/2 Field Regiment during the Aitape-Wewak campaign from January to May 1945.