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| Keywords: BL 6 inch MK VII gun 5 August 1914 Fort Nepean.jpeg 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 <br> 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 <br>Comment The gun is a BL 6 inch Mk VII A01184 Credit line Lent by Mr J Purdue 1914-08-05 photographer not specified Copyright expired - public domain<br> PD-AustraliaGov PD-US-1996 BL 6 inch Mk VII coast defence gun Fort Nepean Fort Nepean BL 06 inch Mk 07 5 August 1914 in Victoria Australia Military history of Australia during World War I Black and white photographs World War I in August 1914 World War I people of the Australian Army ImageNote 1 354 167 32 39 450 323 2 Gnr J Ryan ImageNoteEnd 1 ImageNote 2 42 103 34 42 450 323 2 Gnr A Murray ImageNoteEnd 2 ImageNote 3 2 228 32 56 640 458 2 Gnr A Murray ImageNoteEnd 3 ImageNote 4 504 236 42 50 640 458 2 Gnr J Ryan ImageNoteEnd 4 ImageNote 6 104 214 36 40 640 458 2 Gnr V Quirk ImageNoteEnd 6 ImageNote 7 136 222 30 44 640 458 2 Corporal Cpl W W Young ImageNoteEnd 7 ImageNote 8 222 168 36 40 640 458 2 Company Sergeant Major E H Wheeler ImageNoteEnd 8 ImageNote 10 356 232 32 38 640 458 2 Gnr J Gregory ImageNoteEnd 10 ImageNote 11 256 208 38 42 640 458 2 Cpl J J Jack ImageNoteEnd 11 ImageNote 12 176 112 28 36 640 458 2 Gunner Gnr A Brown ImageNoteEnd 12 ImageNote 13 210 104 26 34 640 458 2 Sergeant Sgt C R Carter ImageNoteEnd 13 ImageNote 14 238 124 28 32 640 458 2 Gnr W Carlin ImageNoteEnd 14 ImageNote 15 298 118 28 42 640 458 2 Gnr F J Mealey ImageNoteEnd 15 ImageNote 16 352 122 30 36 640 458 2 Bombardier Bdr J Purdue ImageNoteEnd 16 ImageNote 17 396 186 26 44 640 458 2 Gnr J Russell ImageNoteEnd 17 ImageNote 18 426 192 26 38 640 458 2 Bdr J Edwards ImageNoteEnd 18 ImageNote 19 446 192 28 38 640 458 2 Bdr H L Hope ImageNoteEnd 19 ImageNote 20 62 146 46 50 640 458 2 Captain M D Williams ImageNoteEnd 20 | ||||
