G00937 Accession Number: G00937

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Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey. 4 May 1915. No. 4 gun of Hughes' Battery firing over a wheatfield at Anzac. Shrapnel was sometimes burst at zero, and Turks were killed at 25 yards range.

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Accession Number
G00937
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Support: Nitrate
Measurement
Overall: 3 3/4 in x 5 3/4 in
Image: 3 1/4 in x 5 1/2 in
Date Made
4 May 1915
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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