Squadron Leader Rodney Murdoch

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Accession Number ART40334
Collection type Art
Measurement Overall: 56.2 x 37.9 cm
Object type Work on paper
Physical description red conte crayon, white gouache, charcoal on paper
Maker Hele, Ivor
Place made Japan: Kure
Date made 1952
Conflict Korea, 1950-1953
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Squadron Leaders such as Murdoch were flying supplies from Japan to Korea and flying the wounded back to Japan, to the Australian hospital bases at Kure and Iwakuni. According to the Air Force List, Murdoch was still a flight lieutenant in March 1954.