| Places | |
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| Accession Number | ART26654 |
| Collection type | Art |
| Measurement | framed: 101.4 x 126.5 cm; unframed: 77.2 x 103 cm |
| Object type | Painting |
| Physical description | oil on canvas |
| Location | Main Bld: World War 2 Gallery: Gallery 1 - Mediterranean: Tobruk |
| Maker |
Dowie, John Stuart |
| Place made | Australia: Victoria, Melbourne |
| Date made | 1943 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial
This item is licensed under CC BY-NC
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Truce at Tobruk
Description
Depicts the truce between the Germans and Australians at Tobruk on 4 August 1941 which enable each side to venture out into no man's land and collect their dead and wounded. The Australian soldier holding the Red Cross flag, with his back to the viewer, is Sergeant Wally J. Tuit from 2/43 Battalion (Dowie's battalion), a timber mill foreman from Alberton, SA. He was identified by the artist on a visit to the Memorial in December 1999. Dowie painted this and sketched two pencil drawings while an assistant to the sculptor Lyndon Dadswell in the Military History Section of the Australian War Memorial in Melbourne in 1943.