John Stuart Dowie's 1943 artwork Truce at Tobruk depicts a truce which took place in August 1941 between the Germans and Australians at Tobruk, during which vehicles from both sides ventured out into the salient to collect their dead and wounded. The soldier holding the Red Cross flag is Sergeant Tuit. Accompanied by stretcher bearers, Tuit recovered five wounded and twenty-eight dead in his venture. The official historian Barton Maughan noted that the Germans 'displayed a magnanimous solicitude for the wounded and their rescuers' during the truce, even offering Tuit a drink. (AWM ART26654; oil on canvas, 77.2 x 103 cm)
Source
AWM ART26654
Place made
Melbourne, Australia
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain