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The men and the gun pit ready for the Germans. A N.Z. Trench Mortar Battery on the Somme.

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  • Description

    Looking down into a trench mortar gun pit . Four men are in the gun ppsition which has been fortified with sandbags and wooden walls.

  • Other Id

    18464 (Presto content ID)

    PH-ALB-419-p119-2 (Reference Number)

    H503 (Photographer's number)

    32724 (DBTextworks system ID)

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