009888
Photograph 009888 Second World War, 1939-1945Melbourne, Victoria. Breech mechanism components being hand finished before assembly into British designed Australian made 25 pounder gun howitzers. (Donor Department of Information).
009884 Accession Number: 009884
Description
The internal shaping of a breech block being carried out on a vertical shaping machine. These breech blocks are being made for British designed Australian made 25 pounder gun howitzers. (Donor Department of Information)
Details
Accession Number
009884
Photographer
Unknown Australian Official Photographer
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
c 1941
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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