AWM Collection Record: ART12660
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ID Number: | ART12660 |
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| Title: | Stretcher bearers | ||
| Maker: | Bowles, Leslie; Gilbert, Web; Gregory, E J | ||
| Object type: | Sculpture | ||
| Place made: | Australia: Victoria, Melbourne | ||
| Date made: | 1922; 1938 | ||
| Physical description: | bronze | ||
| Measurements: | 41.6 cm x 78.8 cm x 18.7 cm | ||
| Summary: | Two German prisoners of war lifting stretcher with Australian soldier, who is covered with his greatcoat. Prisoners of war were often used to assist walking wounded or carry stretchers from the front line on their way to the prison camp. | ||
| Copyright: | AWM copyright | ||
| Related subject: | Casualty movement; Germans; Prisoners of war; Stretchers; Wounded | ||
| Related place: | Australia: Victoria, Melbourne | ||
| Related conflict: | First World War, 1914-1918 |
Last-Modified: Mon, 01 Jun 2009 18:18:43 GMT
