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Accession Number | ART24490 |
Collection type | Art |
Measurement | Overall: 81 cm x 63 cm; 105 cm x 86.8 cm x 7 cm with frame |
Object type | Painting |
Physical description | oil on hardboard |
Maker |
Griffin, Murray |
Place made | Singapore: Changi |
Date made | 1943 |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
Halt during the withdrawal from Bakri, January, 1942
Description
Australian soldiers resting under a tree in the jungle at Bakri, Muar River, during the defence of Malaya and Singapore. The simple scene of two men resting under a large tree is intruded upon by the dead figures of their comrades lying near by.