Place | Oceania: New Guinea1, Wewak, Wewak Area |
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Accession Number | ART92997 |
Collection type | Art |
Measurement | Overall: 14.6 x 9.2 cm |
Object type | Artist's book |
Physical description | pen and ink, watercolour on paper |
Maker |
Piper, Lloyd |
Date made | 1945 |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: External copyright |
Aitape to Wewak 1945
Description
Postcard size fold-out folder of drawings by NX129974 Gunner Lloyd William Piper, 2/2 Field Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery. The front cover features the title 'Aitape to Wewak 1945' and the colour patch of Piper's unit. The back cover carries the artists surname, 'Piper' which has been printed in a monogram. The folder contains 12 joined fold-out pages of watercolour drawings that depict various sites visited by the 2/2 Field Regiment during the Aitape-Wewak campaign from January to May 1945.