020650
Photograph 020650 Second World War, 1939-1945Men of the 2/28th Australian Infantry Battalion acting as gunners, with men of the 104th Royal Horse Artillery, loading a captured Italian 149mm field gun near Tobruk.
020648 Accession Number: 020648
Description
Stripped to the waist, men of the 2/28th Australian Infantry Battalion and 104th Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery, manhandle a captured 149mm Italian field gun. One of many such guns were used against the enemy. They were known as the “Bush Artillery” and became an important part of Tobruk’s artillery defences.
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Accession Number
020648
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Colour: Black & white
Support: Nitrate
Support: Nitrate
Date Made
18 September 1941
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Whole
Item Count
1
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Copyright expired - public domain
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