AWM Collection Record: ART03590
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ID Number: | ART03590 |
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| Title: | Dawn at Hamel, 4 July 1918 | ||
| Maker: | Bell, George | ||
| Object type: | Painting | ||
| Place made: | Australia: Victoria, Melbourne | ||
| Date made: | 1921 | ||
| Physical description: | oil on canvas | ||
| Measurements: | 127.7 x 244 cm | ||
| Summary: | Depicts the Battle of Hamel, July 1918. Australian Corps were under the command of General John Monash (the Battle of Hamel was his first operational success; the Australians had artillery support of great precision and co-operated enthusiastically with tanks, some of which acted as supply carriers, saving the effort of hundreds of troops; ammunition was dropped by parachute over the forward areas); and this work incorporates a view of approaches to Hamel and Wood in the right distance. German prisoners are being brought back, wounded being attended to, and the officer in left foreground is writing a message with his runner (red wrist band) waiting. In the foreground are a German flare pistol, several German stick grenades, an ammunition can for the belt of a Maxim machine gun and a wrecked 1908 Maxim machine gun, while a biplane flys over dropping supplies by parachute. In the background the smokescreen that covered the advance lingers. | ||
| Copyright: | AWM copyright | ||
| Related subject: | Aerial operations; Casualties; Casualty movement; Casualty services; Corpses; Defences; Entanglements; Entrenchments; Medical services; Military operations; Prisoners of war; Smokescreens; War damage | ||
| Related unit: | 1st Australian Imperial Force; Australian Flying Corps; German Army | ||
| Related place: | France; France: Picardie, Somme, Vaire | ||
| Related conflict: | First World War, 1914-1918 |
Last-Modified: Sun, 15 Nov 2009 17:38:40 GMT
