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From the collection of Dandenong/Cranbourne RSL Sub Branch

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Framed Print, Circa 1965

Historical information

Sir Ivor Henry Thomas Hele CBE is a noted war artist famous for his portraiture of war scenes.
He is Australia's longest serving war artist and completed more commissioned paintings than any other painter.
The artist was born on the 13th June 1912 at Edwardstown South Australia. He died on the 2nd December 1993 at Bedford Park South Australia.
He was educated at Prince Albert College at Westbourne Park in South Australia.