File:BL 6 inch MK VII gun 5 August 1914 Fort Nepean.jpeg WikiZero

Description

AWM caption: "Australia's first shot in the Great War. The crew at the c 1890, probably 6 inch coastal gun, which fired on the German merchant ship, SS Pfalz at 1245 hours, 5 August 1914.
Back row, left to right:

Gunner (Gnr) A Brown
Sergeant (Sgt) C R Carter
Gnr W Carlin
Gnr F J Mealey
Bombardier (Bdr) J Purdue
Gnr J Russell
Bdr J Edwards
Bdr H L Hope

Front row:

Gnr A Murray
Captain M D Williams
Gnr V Quirk
Corporal (Cpl) W W Young
Company Sergeant Major E H Wheeler
Cpl J J Jack
Gnr J Gregory
Gnr J Ryan

The ship had been trying to escape into Bass Straight through Port Phillip Heads until stopped by this warning shot. "

Comment : The gun is a BL 6 inch Mk VII.

Date

5 August 1914

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A01184

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Credit line: Lent by Mr J Purdue

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current	03:42, 24 August 2014	640 × 458 (133 KB)	Rcbutcher	Cropped < 1 % horizontally and 3 % vertically using CropTool with lossless mode.
	03:38, 24 August 2014	640 × 474 (131 KB)	Rcbutcher	replaced with new higher-quality version from AWM
	19:57, 1 June 2011	450 × 323 (39 KB)	Tamba52	removed watermark
	12:32, 29 December 2008	450 × 323 (41 KB)	Rcbutcher	{{Information \|Description=AWM caption : "Australia's first shot in the Great War. The crew at the c 1890, probably 6 inch coastal gun, which fired on the German merchant ship, SS Pfalz at 1245 hours, 5 August 1914. Back row, left to right: Gunner (Gnr) A

File:BL 6 inch MK VII gun 5 August 1914 Fort Nepean.jpeg

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