G01337 Accession Number: G01337

Description

Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey. August 1915. Major Henry Llewellyn Mackworth of 1st Division, Signal Company, with an improvised bomb gun found in the Turkish trenches at Lone Pine. It was made from an old shell case and was fired like a rocket.

Details

Accession Number
G01337
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Support: Nitrate
Date Made
August 1915
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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Accession G01337

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