| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | ART26989 |
| Collection type | Art |
| Measurement | Overall: 70.4 x 55.2 cm |
| Object type | Painting |
| Physical description | oil on canvas on hardboard |
| Maker |
Freedman, Harold |
| Place made | Australia: New South Wales, Sydney |
| Date made | 1946 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: External copyright |
Pilot Officer Rawdon Middleton
Description
Portrait of Flight Sergeant Rawdon Hume Middleton VC, RAAF wearing B-type flying helmet, oxygen mask and Ervin jacket. He was promoted to Pilot Officer posthumously. During the Second World War Freedman enlisted in the RAAF and was appointed as a war artist attached to the RAAF Historical War Records Section and he worked here from 1944 to 1945, in Borneo, Noemfoor and around Australia.
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