Place | Oceania: Australia, Queensland, North Queensland, Atherton Tableland, Atherton |
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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 This item is in the Public Domain |
RAP sick parade
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.