Men of the 23rd Battalion inspecting the 28cm German railway gun, (known as the Amiens gun) after ...

Place Europe: France, Picardie, Somme, Amiens
Accession Number A00006
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Glass transparency (positive)
Maker Gornall, William Arthur
Place made France: Picardie, Somme, Amiens Harbonnieres Area, Harbonnieres
Date made 9 August 1918
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Men of the 23rd Battalion inspecting the 28cm German railway gun, (known as the Amiens gun) after its capture by AIF troops. The words 'captured' and partly obscured 'Australia' has been painted on the mounting. The camouflaged barrel is displayed at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra ACT.