Soldiers operating a Hawthorn Leslie 0-4-0 PM (Petrol Mechanical) 2'6" gauge tractor [locomotive] ...

Accession Number C01170
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Maker Unknown
Place made Greece: Aegean Islands, Lemnos
Date made 1915
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

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Description

Soldiers operating a Hawthorn Leslie 0-4-0 PM (Petrol Mechanical) 2'6" gauge tractor [locomotive] and crane while constructing a pier on the Aegean island of Lemnos. The Greek government lent the island to the Allies as a base for operations on the Gallipoli Peninsula.

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