Unloading Liberty ships

Place Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Madang Province, Madang
Accession Number ART25167
Collection type Art
Measurement sheet: 24.2 x 28 cm; image: 24.2 x 28 cm
Object type Work on paper
Physical description pen and watercolour on paper
Maker Rafty, Tony
Place made New Guinea1: Papua New Guinea, Madang Province, Madang
Date made 1944
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

The no.7 Docks Operating Company, Royal Australian Engineers, worked 24hour shifts unloading the Liberty ships, and the Commanding Officer Major R.A Bruce can be given credit for the magnificent work of unloading supplies and equipment urgently needed in the occupation of Madang. This sketch shows a jeep being hauled out of the hull, Madang, New Guinea.