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Australian Army Museum of Western Australia > Records

World War 1, Europe Turkey Gallipoli, 1915

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1915

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Gallipoli - Images from the Campaign

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Indian Army gunners with 10 pounder mountain gun

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On 25 April 1915 a 10 Pounder Mountain gun of the 7th Indian Mountain Artillery Brigade (21st Kohat battery, 26th Jacob’s Battery) was used to support the Australian and New Zealand troops on the Gallipoli Peninsula. The guns of this brigade went on to become a well-known and liked support element to the combined Australian, New Zealand, Indian and UK forces serving on the Gallipoli beachhead in 1915.

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cwa-org-32-P1900.830

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War and Conflict
War and Conflict > World War 1

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40.234054850102, 26.27833172333

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