Aitape to Wewak 1945

Place Oceania: New Guinea1, Wewak, Wewak Area
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

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.