AWM Collection Record: ART40928

AWM image ART40928

ID Number: ART40928
Title: Bomb thrower
Maker: Dadswell, Lyndon; Meridian Sculpture Founders
Object type: Sculpture
Place made: Middle East
Date made: 1942
Physical description: bronze
Measurements: 70 x 54.2 x 26.2 cm
Summary: Depicts a soldier in uniform with a bomb in one hand, about to launch it at his target. The plaster cast made in 1942, Cairo, and the bronze was cast in 1985 by Meridian Sculpture Founders, Melbourne.
Copyright: AWM copyright
Related subject: Australians; Bombs; Coats; Scarves; Soldiers
Related place: Middle East; North Africa: Egypt, Cairo
Related conflict: Second World War, 1939-1945

Last-Modified: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:26:07 GMT

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