Medical ward 14A

Place Oceania: Australia, Victoria, Melbourne
Accession Number ART22333
Collection type Art
Measurement Overall: 65.4 x 72.9 cm
Object type Painting
Physical description oil on canvas
Maker Abbott, Harold
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 scene at the 115 Australian General Hospital is depicted. The nurse at the bedside is Private Willa 'Whimpey' Joan Sylvester, NX162183, of the Australian Army Medical Women's Services, and the other nurse is Sister C.M. Fleming of the Australian Army Nursing Service. The patient in the bed is S20883 Lance Corporal Hector G. Colebatch; Warrant Officer (I) Harold F. Westcott, VX2948, is in the dressing gown; and the man in hospital blue is Warrant Officer (I) Stewart