Image:9.2inchAustralianHowitzer.jpg

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Description

Group portrait of four Australian gunners who are about to load a shell into a 9.2 inch breech loading howitzer.

Left to right: 1952 Sapper Walter Gunyon; 320 Gunner Claude McCook; 608 Corporal Leslie Frank Beagley; and 245 Sergeant Duncan McRae MM.

Comment : They are part of the 55th Siege Artillery Battery.
Source

Australian War Memorial ID Number: EZ0147
Date

circa. July 1916.
Author

British Official Photographer; Unknown British Official Photographer
Permission
(Reusing this image)

Copyright: clear

[edit] Licensing

Public domain This artistic work created by the United Kingdom Government is in the public domain

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  1. It is a photograph created by the United Kingdom Government and taken prior to 1 June 1957; or
  2. It is a photograph or an engraving created by the United Kingdom Government and commercially published prior to 1958; or
  3. It is an artistic work other than a photograph or engraving (e.g. a painting) which was created by the United Kingdom Government prior to 1958.

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current06:32, 23 May 2008450×326 (62 KB)Rcbutcher (Previous version was optimised for monitors set to gamma 0.5 which made it appear too light on most people's monitors, which are usually set to gamma 1.0. This version is directly from the AWM version and should display correctly on all monitors.)
13:24, 21 October 2007450×326 (70 KB)Rcbutcher
08:20, 20 September 2007600×406 (120 KB)Rcbutcher ({{Information |Description=Australian gunners with their 9.2 inch howitzer, Western Front. |Source="The Times History of the War" Volume X, page 118, published 1917. |Date=circa. 1916. |Author= |Permission= |other_versions= }} == Licensing == {{PD-British)
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File change date and time 16:07, 1 September 2003
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