| Places | |
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| Accession Number | ART28222 |
| Collection type | Art |
| Measurement | Overall: 25.8 x 37.3 cm |
| Object type | Work on paper |
| Physical description | pencil on paper |
| Maker |
Belcher, Douglas Leonard |
| Place made | New Guinea1: Huon Peninsula, Ramu River Finisterre Ranges Area, Ramu Bogadjim Area, Mindjim River Area, Daumoina |
| Date made | 30 March 1944 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: AWM Licensed copyright |
Mountain gun, Daumoina
Description
Depicts an Australian soldier operating a 75 mm pack Howitzer in the Finisterre Ranges. Ammunition can be seen stacked up in the lower left foreground.
Sergeant Belcher, Royal Australian Army Medical Corps attached to Royal Australian Engineers, was able to obtain leave from his unit and moved between the Ramu Valley and the coast along to Yaula and Mindjim Rivers towards Bogadjim, sketching and recording something of the area's activities during the Second World War.