Place | Middle East |
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Accession Number | ART19520 |
Collection type | Art |
Measurement | Overall: 26.6 x 36.4 cm |
Object type | Sketchbook |
Physical description | blue ink and pencil on paper in soft grey cover |
Maker |
Dunbar, John |
Place made | Australia |
Date made | c.1923 |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
Sketchbook - drawings covering life in the service of a typical digger
Description
A sketchbook by 1533 Private John Dunbar, who served in the 13th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force (AIF), during the First World War. The sketchbook contains 16 pencil drawings covering life in the service of a typical digger in the Middle East and on HMAT Seang Bee (A48). In 1923 Dunbar dedicated the sketchbook to Private M. Hamilton in memory of their friendship on the Troopship HMAT Seang Bee (A48). Pte Hamilton had served in the 2nd Battalion, AIF, during the First World War.
- The digger; verso: Agricultural news
- Soldiers all at sea; verso: Five to six outside the estaminet
- Two specimen of soldiers; verso: Mud!
- Going on leave and coming back; verso: not titled [soldiers getting dressed]
- Colombo; verso: not titled [portrait of a soldier]
- Cairo; verso: The Anzac buffet
- Mosquito farms etc.; verso: Abdul
- A soldier and two blokes; verso: Finis