7.5cm Turkish Krupp M1903 Field Gun


Location - Gallipoli Barracks, Enoggera, Brisbane

Serial No. - 478 from Turkish inscription(not in AWM records)
Build Date - 1323 (1905 Islamic Date) (1907 Rumi Date)

Captured by 11th Light Horse Regiment at Semakh, Syria 22nd September 1918. Displayed at Shorncliff until 1953, then at New Farm. Placed in storage in a fairly destroyed condition until given to 2/14th Light Horse Regiment in 1984. Restored and placed near the 2/14th lines at Enoggera. The reconstruction is not accurate and should not be used for modeling reference.


Image(1) - http://www.lighthorse.org.au/military/semakh.htm - Images(remainder) - Jason Miller