| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | ART91858 |
| Collection type | Art |
| Measurement | Overall: 27.4 x 21.2 cm |
| Object type | Work on paper |
| Physical description | pencil on paper |
| Maker |
Garvey, Joe |
| Place made | French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon: Lebanon, French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon: Lebanon, Beirut Tripoli Area, Tripoli, Syria |
| Date made | 1942 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Unlicensed copyright |
Claude Lyne
Description
Garvey's cartoon portrait of Claude Lyne, from a series of thirty-six pencil drawings made in Syria, Palestine and Lebanon in 1942 of members of 15 Platoon 'C' Company, 2/32 Battalion, Lebanon 1942. Lyne is drawn in right profile three quarter portrait aspect. He is in uniform without a hat and is holding what is possibly a cigarette in his right hand. Lyne was born in Kerang, Victoria on 15 June 1911. He enlisted at Kerang on 20 June 1940, serving as a Private in the Army, service number VX27032. He died on 3 September 1942.