Spruso

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Accession Number ART21671
Collection type Art
Measurement Overall: 50 x 35 cm
Object type Work on paper
Physical description charcoal heightened with white
Maker Mainwaring, Geoffrey
Place made New Guinea1: Aitape
Date made 1945
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Portrait depicting a soldier identified only as 'Spruso' of the 2/3rd Australian Infantry Battalion, 6th Australian Division (previous drawing of same subject ART21671 [313] gives unit as 2/3 Machine Gun Battalion - 2/3 MG Btn relieved 2/3 Inf Btn and was acting as infantry in February/March 1945).