Lieutenant Austin Rule

Place Europe: United Kingdom, England
Accession Number ART22313
Collection type Art
Measurement Framed: 77.2 x 67.6 cm; Unframed: 61 x 50.8 cm
Object type Painting
Physical description oil on canvas
Maker Colahan, Colin
Place made United Kingdom: Scotland, Dumfries and Galloway, Dumfries
Date made 1942
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Portrait depicting Lieutenant Austin Rule of the 2nd Company Australian Forestry Unit, engineers unit. The 2nd Company based in Thornhill, Dryfenholme, Lockerbie were operating the wood mill to fell and machine timber for use in structural operations such as bridge building, roads, shelter fortifications and ammunition crates.