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A British Army soldier with a trench mortar in a sandbagged pit.
Location : Mesopotamia
Comment : The mortar is a Vickers 2 inch Medium Mortar.
NOTE : This version of the photograph has brightness and contrast artificially increased to highlight details.


NOTE 2 : The AWM text dates this photograph as "circa 1918" but IWM Q24286 dates this as 1917.
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This image is available from the Collection Database of the Australian War Memorial under the ID Number:
H09778
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Donor British Official Photograph MS97
Author Photographer : ?
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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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current18:37, 11 April 2012Thumbnail for version as of 18:37, 11 April 2012196 × 328 (63 KB)UbculeContrast range adjusted, converted to true black and white, lost highlights retrieved with Photoshop "shadow/highlight" tool only (*no* retouching)
01:36, 23 October 2007Thumbnail for version as of 01:36, 23 October 2007196 × 328 (47 KB)Rcbutcher((Information |Description=A British Army soldier with a trench mortar in a sandbagged pit. <br>Comment : The mortar is a Vickers 2 inch Medium Mortar. <br>NOTE : This version of the photograph has brightness and contrast arti

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