25-pounder carried ashore and into action on a DUKW, Balikpapan

Place Asia: Borneo, Balikpapan
Accession Number ART25514
Collection type Art
Measurement Overall: 58 x 78.4 cm
Object type Work on paper
Physical description brush and coloured inks over pencil on paper
Maker Hodgkinson, Frank
Place made Borneo
Date made 1945-1946
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Australian soldiers are ferrying a short 25 pounder gun ashore on an amphibious load carrier (named after the US Army's serial numbers DUKW).