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| Accession Number | ART09424 |
| Collection type | Art |
| Measurement | Overall: 76.4 x 53.4 cm |
| Object type | Painting |
| Physical description | oil on canvas |
| Maker |
Wheeler, Charles |
| Place made | Australia: Victoria, Melbourne |
| Date made | 1927 |
| Conflict |
Period 1920-1929 First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Lieutenant Lawrence McCarthy
Description
Depicts a uniformed portrait of Lieutenant Lawrence Dominic McCarthy, VC, 16th Battalion, A.I.F, who was awarded the Victoria Cross for his work on the 23 August 1918 near Madam Wood, east of Vermandovillers, France. A crisis that suddenly developed in front of a British flanking unit, halting its advance and preventing a link-up with the Australians, caused McCarthy to initiate and carry through almost single-handed a series of actions that stabilised the situation and resulted in the capture of the final objective of the attack.
Related information
Conflicts
Events
Places
- Europe: France
- Europe: France, Picardie, Somme
- Europe: France, Picardie, Somme, Albert Bapaume Area, Pozieres Area, Mouquet Farm
- Europe: France, Picardie, Somme, Albert Bapaume Area, Pozieres Area, Pozieres
- Europe: France, Picardie, Somme, Bapaume Cambrai Area, Beaumetz
- Europe: France, Picardie, Somme, Bapaume Cambrai Area, Bullecourt
- Middle East: Ottoman Empire, Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli
- Oceania: Australia, Victoria, Melbourne
Subjects
Related Objects
- Victoria Cross : Lieutenant L D McCarthy, 16 Battalion, AIF
- 1914-15 Star: Sergeant L D McCarthy, 16 Battalion, AIF
- British War Medal 1914-20 : Lieutenant L D McCarthy, 16 Battalion, AIF
- Victory Medal with MID : Lieutenant L D McCarthy, 16 Battalion, AIF
- George VI Coronation Medal : L D McCarthy, VC
- Elizabeth II Coronation Medal : L D McCarthy, VC
- French Croix de Guerre with palm : Lieutenant L D McCarthy, 16 Battalion, AIF
- Lawrence Dominic McCarthy VC as a member of 16 Battalion 4 Brigade, 1914-1918 [memoirs]