Probably SULMONA, ITALY. FLIGHT LIEUTENANT A.H. (HENRY) COMBER RAAF (AN AUSTRALIAN ATTACHED TO ...

P01357.001
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Accession Number P01357.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white, Portrait
Physical description Black & white, Portrait
Date made c April 1943
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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Probably SULMONA, ITALY. FLIGHT LIEUTENANT A.H. (HENRY) COMBER RAAF (AN AUSTRALIAN ATTACHED TO 39 SQUADRON, RAF) AT WORK ON HIS PAINTING 'ITALIAN SPRING'. AN ARTIST BEFORE THE WAR, HE PAINTED THIS WORK WHEN A PRISONER OF WAR (POW) 1942-1945, BUT HAD TO ABANDON HIS BUNDLE OF PAINTINGS ON THE ROADSIDE DURING A FORCED WINTER MARCH IN JANUARY 1945 FROM STALAG LUFT III AT SAGAN, POLAND. (DONOR A.H. COMBER)

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