Historical information

From information book -
"Reader's Digest/ Gallipoli/ 25th April 1915 - 9th January 1916/ Centenary Commemorative Prints".
Collection of 20 prints.
Refer Cat. No. 7300.

Physical description

Framed print.
Print - colour print on paper. Copy of an oil painting on canvas. This painting depicts "several soldiers, in uniform and wearing tin helmets sitting in a dugout. "Holding a candle, one reads a precious letter from home".
Frame - black plastic framing with glass front and MDF board backing with adhered black paper.

Inscriptions & markings

Details below print - in black ink;
"FRANK CROZIER (1883-1948) Diggers sitting in dugout 1918".
FRANK CROZIER "enlisted with the Australian Imperial Force in 1915 and was trained in Egypt before serving at Gallipoli", 22nd Battalion. Appointed an official war artist in 1918.