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Gun drill, Mitcham Camp [B 76742] • Photograph

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Summary

Written on negative envelope: '279. Gun drill - Mitcham Camp, 1921'. Trainees in military uniform practicing gun drills on artillery, likely at the trainee camp run at Mitcham Camp in April 1921.

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Physical description

1 photograph : negative, black and white ; 6 x 8.5 cm

Dates / Publication details

1921

Collection

Part of Mitcham Collection

Subject

Artillery -- South Australia.
Soldiers -- South Australia -- Mitcham.
Military camps -- South Australia -- Mitcham.
Military training camps -- South Australia -- Mitcham.
Mitcham Camp (Colonel Light Gardens, S.A.)

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General notes

One of a collection of 54 negatives relating to Adelaide and environs. See B 76711 - B 76764.

For details of the training camp at Mitcham see articles: 'A soldier's life: dusty days at Mitcham, a camp without a "clink"', in 'The Advertiser', Thursday 7 April 1921, page 7; and 'Home defenders: trainees' camp at Mitcham', in 'The Register', Friday 8 April 1921, page 8.

Digitisation information

Date

08/08/2018

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

10,499 x 7,113 pixels (74.7 MP)

Size

74.70 MB

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