German Field Gun - Brisbane - QLD - Australia
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S 27° 28.341 E 153° 01.477
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German World War I field gun located in a corner of the gardens
Waymark Code: WMXAGG
Location: Queensland, Australia
Date Posted: 12/17/2017
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The trophy of British valour is a German World War I field gun located in a corner of the gardens. It was presented to Queensland by Lord Kitchener, on behalf of His Majesty King George V on 18 August 1917.
In 1917 a Krupp 77mm field gun, captured from the German army in France in 1915 during World War I, was placed in the gardens. It was a gift from King George V and presented to Queensland by Lord Kitchener as a Trophy of British Valour on 18 August 1917, at the request of Thomas Joseph Ryan, lawyer, anti-conscriptionist and Queensland Labor Premier 1915-1919.
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