AWM Collection Record: ART27569
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ID Number: | ART27569 |
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| Title: | Native stretcher bearers | ||
| Maker: | Ewers, Ray; F J & I Lemon, Frankston, Victoria | ||
| Object type: | Sculpture | ||
| Place made: | Australia: Victoria, Melbourne, Frankston | ||
| Date made: | 1965; 1967 (Date cast); cast 1967 | ||
| Physical description: | bronze | ||
| Summary: | Six Papuan or New Guinean natives manipulating an improvised stretcher, with a serviceman patient on it, over rough ground during the Papuan and New Guinea campaigns. | ||
| Copyright: | AWM copyright | ||
| Related subject: | Casualties; Casualty movement; Indigenous peoples; Stretcher bearers; Stretchers | ||
| Related unit: | Australian Military Forces | ||
| Related place: | Papua New Guinea: Papua, Owen Stanley Ranges | ||
| Related conflict: | Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Last-Modified: Thu, 14 May 2009 17:35:14 GMT
