Accession Number | P03608.029 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Negative |
Maker |
Unknown |
Place made | Western Front |
Date made | c 1918 |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Collection relating to Thomas Charles Kelso
Description
A group of unidentified Australian soldiers from one of the Australian Railway Operating Companies with a German 1000 kilogram aerial bomb which was captured intact, inside its transport crate. These bombs were the largest kind dropped (by German Staaken R VI aircraft) during the First World War and were only used in limited numbers.