Camouflage inspection at No 1 Advanced Operational Base (AOB) airstrip at Vunakanau, Rabaul, looking south east

Place Oceania: Pacific Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain, Gazelle Peninsula, Rabaul Area, Rabaul
Accession Number ART91572
Collection type Art
Measurement sheet: 22.7 x 27.8 cm; image: 21 x 26 cm (page from sketchbook)
Object type Work on paper
Physical description watercolour, pencil on paper
Maker Hinder, Frank
Place made Pacific Islands: Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain, Gazelle Peninsula, Rabaul Area, Rabaul
Date made 1941
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: External copyright

Description

Camouflage inspection at No 1 Advanced Operational Base (AOB), Vunakanau, Rabaul, New Guinea, looking south east. This drawing is from a series of eighteen pencil and watercolour sketches of military installations requiring camouflage in Rabaul, Port Moresby, Townsville, Brisbane and Sydney, executed between 20 November - 22 December 1941.