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File:Destroyed 4.7 inch gun at Anzac 1915 AWM P02226.029.jpg

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|Description={{en|AWM caption : Anzac Cove, Gallipoli. 1915-12-15. The barrel of a [[:en:QF 4.7 inch Gun Mk I–IV|4.7 inch naval gun]] after it was blown up in preparation for the evacuation (a photograph of the barrel minutes before is at P02226.028). The gun had been on HMS Powerful, had been used in the Boer War and brought to Gallipoli in 1915. The barrel is now in the collection of the Australian War Memorial. The destruction operation was undertaken by a party including Sergeant Cyril Lawrence, No. 2 Field Company, Australian Engineers.}}
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|Description={{en|AWM caption : Anzac Cove, Gallipoli. 1915-12-15. The barrel of a [[:en:QF 4.7 inch Gun Mk I–IV|4.7 inch naval gun]] after it was blown up in preparation for the evacuation (a photograph of the barrel minutes before is at P02226.028). The gun had been on HMS Powerful, had been used in the Boer War and brought to Gallipoli in 1915. The barrel is now in the collection of the Australian War Memorial. The destruction operation was undertaken by a party including Sergeant Cyril Lawrence, No. 2 Field Company, Australian Engineers.

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See also :

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* [[:File:Naval gun abandoned at Gallipoli at the AWM Aug 2012.JPG]] : The barrel at the Australian War Memorial today

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* [[:File:4.7inchGunDraggedIntoPositionAnzac1915.jpeg]] : The gun being dragged into position at Anzac in 1915

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* [[:File:4.7inchGunInEmplacementGallipoli.jpeg]] : The gun in its emplacement at Anzac, 1915

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|Date=1915-12-15

|Date=1915-12-15

|Author=not stated

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