General Stuart American 1936 vintage tanks

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Accession Number ART21698
Collection type Art
Measurement Overall: 34 x 47.2 cm
Object type Work on paper
Physical description coloured crayons on paper
Maker Hodgkinson, Roy
Place made New Guinea1
Date made 1942
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

These 13 ton tanks which contributed to the fall of Buna were manned by "B" Squadron, 26th Australian Armoured Regiment. The pictured shows one of the tanks being unloaded from the "Marjory Jean", one of the small vessels plying between Oro Bay and Buna.

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