Place | Europe: Greece, Lamia |
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Accession Number | ART24004 |
Collection type | Art |
Measurement | Overall: 27.8 x 40.6 cm; top image 9.8 x 18.6 cm [irreg]; bottom image: 16 x 26.5 [irreg] |
Object type | Work on paper |
Physical description | pencil on paper |
Maker |
Dargie, William |
Place made | Greece |
Date made | 1945 |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
top image: Church between Thermopylae and Lamia-Brallos Pass road, Greece; bottom image: Indian engineers repairing bridge at the foot of Brallos Pass
Description
top image: Pencil sketch of a church and some trees. In this area the 6th Australian Division fought rearguard against invading German forces and delaying action during the British forces withdrawal from Greece in 1941. bottom image: Pencil sketch of soldiers reconstructing a bridge, with rugged mountains in the background. This bridge was destroyed by troops of the 6th Australian Division in 1941 when fighting a rearguard action in the Brallos Pass during the British withdrawal from Greece. Repaired by the Germans, it was subsequently destroyed by them when retreating from the country.
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