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File:1st Aust Siege Bty (AWM E02048).jpg

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Description AWM Caption: Western Front: Western Front (Belgium), Ypres Area Ypres. A camouflaged 8 inch No. 2 gun of the 1st Australian Siege Battery, at Birr Cross Roads. 518 Gunner Harold Alexander Triggs (later killed in action on 5 July 1918, near Lamotte in Nieppe Forest) is standing by, awaiting the order to fire, during the ranging of the battery on 26 September 1917, prior to the attack carried out on Polygon Wood on 28 September 1917. The dial sight has been removed in order to save damage on shock of discharge. This is an original Paget Plate negative. The same image is available in colour and is held at P03631.169. A similar image is held at E02048A.
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Frank Hurley  (1885–1962)  wikidata:Q958587
 
Frank Hurley
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James Francis Hurley; James Frank Hurley; Francis Hurley
Description Australian explorer, photographer, war photographer, photojournalist, cinematographer and film director
Date of birth/death 15 October 1885 Edit this at Wikidata 16 January 1962 / 16 February 1962 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Glebe Sydney
Work period 1908 Edit this at Wikidata–
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creator QS:P170,Q958587
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This image is protected by Crown Copyright because it is owned by the Australian Government or that of the states or territories, and is in the public domain because it was created or published prior to 1974 and the copyright has therefore expired. The government of Australia has declared that the expiration of Crown Copyrights applies worldwide. This has been confirmed by correspondence received by the Volunteer Response Team (Ticket:2017062010010417).

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Object location50° 39′ 41.26″ N, 2° 33′ 45.65″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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current07:30, 1 October 2009Thumbnail for version as of 07:30, 1 October 2009450 × 290 (52 KB)Rcbutcher{{Information |Description='''AWM Caption:''' Western Front: Western Front (Belgium), Ypres Area Ypres. A camouflaged [[:en::BL 8 inch Howitzer Mk 6 - 8|8 inch No. 2 gun]] of the 1st Australian Siege Battery
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