| Places | |
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| Accession Number | ART26725 |
| Collection type | Art |
| Measurement | Framed: 100.7 cm x 116.2 cm; Unframed: 76.6 cm x 91.6 cm |
| Object type | Painting |
| Physical description | oil on canvas |
| Maker |
Hele, Ivor |
| Place made | New Guinea1, New Guinea1: Papua New Guinea, West Sepik, Suain |
| Date made | November 1944 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Patrol sequence: Japanese sighted
Description
One of a series of paintings depicting a patrol of the 2/10 Australian Commando Squadron in the Suain Plantation area, New Guinea. It shows the use of hand movements for giving orders and of figures crouching into the surrounding undergrowth at the first signs of the Japanese.