study for 'Stretcher case awaiting bearers, Old Vickers Position'

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Accession Number ART29331
Collection type Art
Measurement Overall: 27.7 x 37.7 cm
Object type Work on paper
Physical description graphite pencil on paper
Maker Hele, Ivor
Place made New Guinea1: Mubo Salamaua Area, Bobdubi
Date made 1943
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial
Creative Commons License This item is licensed under CC BY-NC
Description

Soldiers seated near a wounded man lying on an improvised stretcher. The wounded man is NX49750 Private A B Gwynn, 2/3 Independent Company. Artist's notes contain a description of the incident - the re-taking of Old Vickers Ridge - and interpretations.