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Manilla Great War Field Gun and Machine Gun

Manilla Great War Field Gun and Machine Gun
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Manilla Great War Field Gun and Machine Gun, positioned in rotunda
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Manilla Great War Field Gun and Machine Gun, top view of field gun
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Manilla Great War Field Gun and Machine Gun, close-up of tablet
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Description / Background

Positioned under a rotunda in Manilla Memorial Park, now known as Rotary Park, are these two war trophies from the First World War. One is a machine gun and the other is a field gun. They are accompanied by a marble tablet, mounted on a concrete plinth. 

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These guns were captured by the 33rd Battalion on the Western Front in the Great War 1914–1918

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Address
Rotary Park
Cnr Manilla and Court Streets
Manilla NSW 2346
Local Government Area
Tamworth Regional Council
Setting
Garden/park
Memorial type
War trophy
Recorded by
Des Stark
Dedication date
24 April 1993
Conflict/s
First World War, 1914–18
Materials
Marble