Lifting coils of barbed wire

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Accession Number ART40379
Collection type Art
Measurement Overall: 56.2 x 38 cm (irreg.)
Object type Work on paper
Physical description crayon, charcoal on paper
Maker Hele, Ivor
Place made Korea, Korea: Jamestown Line Area
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

Two Australian infantrymen lifting coils of barbed wire on or off a truck at the Jamestown Line Area, Korea. One of them is wearing an American 'pile' cap; these were preferred because of their warmth. A third figure stands nearby; all are stripped to the waist.

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