Jungle training 2

Place Oceania: Australia
Accession Number ART94536.006
Collection type Art
Measurement Overall: 24.6 x 34 cm
Object type Work on paper
Physical description pen and black ink and pencil on paper
Maker Wilesmith, Arthur Joseph
Place made Australia
Date made 1939-1945
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial
Creative Commons License This item is licensed under CC BY-NC
Description

Page 6 of sketchbook relating to the service of Sgt Arthur Joseph Wilesmith (QX7653) 2/2 Machine Gun Battalion. Humorous depiction of a jungle training exercise involving carrying a wounded soldier on a stretcher. Inscribed in black pen and ink on the verso of preceding interleaving sheet is the caption " PATIENT: Lookout Bill be careful. PATIENT: Cripes what will I do now?"