Papuans setting down stretcher case in Regimental Aid Post, Missim Trail

Place Oceania: New Guinea1, Mubo Salamaua Area, Salamaua
Accession Number ART22519
Collection type Art
Measurement card: 29.8 x 39 cm (irreg.); sheet: 18.4 x 27 cm (irreg.)
Object type Work on paper
Physical description pen and ink, brush and wash, pencil on paper
Maker Hele, Ivor
Place made New Guinea1: Mubo Salamaua Area, Salamaua
Date made July 1943
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Hele shows Papuans setting down a wounded soldier on a stretcher ready to receive first aid treatment in the Regimental Aid Post of a forward unit on the Missim trail, Salamaua, New Guinea.