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Description: AWM caption : "Place made: South Africa Australian soldiers of the 1st NSW Mounted Rifles standing by a one pounder pom pom gun. Identified is 210 Private John McCracken (left) and 320 Private Lucian Franklin Hayward. The centre soldier is unidentified, but believed to be Private William James Neild. All three were involved in the capture of a Maxim gun; for this action Hayward was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal (DCM) and McCracken and Neild were both mentioned in despatches. Hayward's name is wrongly entered in the records as Lessian."
Title: AustralianTroopsWithQF1pounderBoerWar
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Author: Photographer not identified. Assumed to be an Australian serviceman.
Permission: 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 1973 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).
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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