Place | Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Papua, Milne Bay |
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Accession Number | ART23169 |
Collection type | Art |
Measurement | Overall: 17.8 x 22.8 cm |
Object type | Work on paper |
Physical description | pencil on paper |
Maker |
Dargie, William |
Place made | New Guinea1: Papua New Guinea, Papua, Milne Bay |
Date made | October 1942 |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
Kure J, S.L.F. [Special Landing Force]
Description
View of the beach at Waga Waga Village, New Guinea, scene of an abortive landing by the Japanese. It was following this landing that the Japanese received their first decisive defeat on land, Milne Bay, New Guinea. Dargie noted, "Kure J, Special Landing Force, was the Japanese Force which made the landing at Milne Bay. This sketch shows an anchor, a Japanese skull on the beach and, in the background, a stranded & holed invasion barge. The drawing is intended to be a study for a larger symbolic painting".