Ex-POWs leaving Eastbourne for return to Australia via Liverpool

Place Europe: United Kingdom, England, Sussex, Eastbourne
Accession Number ART26068
Collection type Art
Measurement Overall: 35.7 x 45.5 cm; framed: 49.7 cm x 60 cm
Object type Painting
Physical description oil, scratching back on canvas on plywood
Maker Moore, Alan
Place made United Kingdom: England, Sussex, Eastbourne
Date made July 1945
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

AIF ex-prisoners of war boarding the train at Eastbourne, England, bound for Liverpool and Australia. Moore was an official war artist who served in New Guinea, the Middle East and Europe before returning to Australia in 1945.

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