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| Accession Number | ART09741 |
| Collection type | Art |
| Measurement | framed: 63.4 x 47.6 x 10.5 cm |
| Object type | Painting |
| Physical description | oil on canvas |
| Maker |
Balfour, Lawson |
| Place made | Australia |
| Date made | 1927 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 Period 1920-1929 First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Lieutenant John Ewen
Description
Portrait depicting Lieutenant John Carr Ewen, MC, DCM, MM, enlisted in AIF in 1915 and arrived in France in 1916. His subsequent service as a gunner gained him the MM at Pozieres in August 1916, and the DCM as a sergeant at Bullecourt in April 1917. Commissioned in November 1917 he was awarded the MC for his work as a forward observation officer near Herleville in August 1918 during the final offensive. He was wounded in October, during a assault on the Beaurevior Line defences. In the Second World War Ewen again served in artillery of the AIF.
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- Europe: France, Picardie, Aisne, Beaurevoir
- Europe: France, Picardie, Somme
- Europe: France, Picardie, Somme, Albert Bapaume Area, Pozieres Area, Pozieres
- Europe: France, Picardie, Somme, Bapaume Cambrai Area, Bullecourt
- Europe: France, Picardie, Somme, Bray Proyart Area, Herleville
- Oceania: Australia, New South Wales