Tahor Bin Ali

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Accession Number ART21591
Collection type Art
Measurement Overall: 58.6 x 42.6 cm
Object type Work on paper
Physical description charcoal heightened with white on paper
Maker Mainwaring, Geoffrey
Place made Australia: Victoria, Melbourne
Date made 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

A Malayan, Tahor Bin Ali, a sailor from Singapore who was rescued from the British ship M.V. Gordon when it was bombed at Milne Bay. He was injured in the raid and brought to Port Moresby by plane, New Guinea.