RAP sick parade

Place Oceania: Australia, Queensland, North Queensland, Atherton Tableland, Atherton
Accession Number ART22290
Collection type Art
Measurement Overall: 45.4 x 40.6 cm
Object type Painting
Physical description oil on canvas on plywood
Maker Abbott, Harold
Place made Australia: Queensland, North Queensland, Atherton Tableland, Atherton
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

A scene at Atherton General Details Depot showing the Medical Officer, Captain Neville Francis Babbage ( NX140308 ), of 2/12th Australian Field Ambulance attached to 2 Australian Corps Reception Camp, seated in the Regimental Aid Post of the Depot interviewing a patient, Corporal J W Kershaw ( NX16674 ), of the Amenities Services. The orderly, Private JE Kelly ( NX13461 ), stands by to receive instructions about treatment. The yellow tent walls do not belong to the tent, but to an Eight Panel Indian Pattern Tent (EPIP) a type of tent used extensively in the Middle East.