P01887.001
Image copyright:
Copyright expired - public domain
This image is in the Public Domain
- ID number
- P01887.001
- Object types
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- Black & white;
- Landscape;
- Date made
- c 1918
- Physical description
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- Black & white;
- Landscape;
- Collection
- Photograph
- Description
- France. c. 1918. A German 28cm railway gun with some of its crew. The complete train, including the gun and all the crew, were captured near Harbonnieres on 8 August 1918 by troops of the Australian 8th Infantry Brigade. The gun is commonly known as the `Amiens gun' and the barrel is now in the collection of the Australian War Memorial. (Original print housed in AWM DRL 3270)
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