2/24 Australian Infantry Battalion crossing the Busu River at night

Place Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Morobe Province, Lae, Busu River Area
Accession Number ART26197
Collection type Art
Measurement Overall: 17.2 x 20.9 cm
Object type Work on paper
Physical description pen, ink and wash on paper
Maker Dargie, William
Place made New Guinea1: Papua New Guinea, Papua, Port Moresby
Date made March 1944
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Depicts soldiers of the 2/24th Australian Infantry Battalion crossing the Busu River at night. Dargie noted, "This is only a rough note for a composition, and is to be developed later."