| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | ART91852 |
| Collection type | Art |
| Measurement | Overall: 25 x 21.2 cm |
| Object type | Work on paper |
| Physical description | pencil on paper |
| Maker |
Garvey, Joe |
| Place made | French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon: Lebanon, French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon: Lebanon, Beirut Tripoli Area, Tripoli, Syria |
| Date made | 1942 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Unlicensed copyright |
Owen Priest
Description
Garvey's cartoon portrait of Owen Priest, from a series of thirty-six pencil drawings made in Syria, Tripoli and Lebanon in 1942 of members of 15 Platoon 'C' Company, 2/32 Battalion, Lebanon 1942. Priest's head is in left profile, while his body is full frontal. He is wearing an open-necked shirt with sleeves rolled up. He has thick dark eyebrows, and curls at the front of his head, with a short back and sides haircut. Owen George Priest was born in Brisbane on 10 June 1917. He enlisted in the Army on 8 May 1940, and was discharged on 18 December 1944. He was a Private with Army service no. QX7492.