Patrol searching dead Japanese in kunai grass

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Accession Number ART26677
Collection type Art
Measurement Overall: 61.6 x 76.4 cm
Object type Painting
Physical description oil on canvas
Maker Mainwaring, Geoffrey
Place made New Guinea1: Danmap River, Matapau
Date made 1948
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Depicts a group of unidentified soldiers, 2/11th Australian Infantry Battalion, gathered around dead Japanese soldier; Matapau, New Guinea.