Sketch for No.88

Accession Number ART26584
Collection type Art
Measurement Image: 44.4 x 57.1 cm
Object type Work on paper
Physical description pencil on paper
Maker Bush, Charles
Place made New Guinea1: Papua New Guinea, Papua, Milne Bay
Date made 1943
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

This is a charcoal sketch showing Australian soldiers wearing tin helmets and standing, or sitting against the background of the sunken "Anshun". Troops from LST "Sheridan", are undergoing preparations to move off for operations further along the coast. The rest of the image has not been completed.