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Actions Displays	Remove from selection Add to selection Object numberM2016/006:002 DescriptionWW1 Projectile/Bullet found in vegetable fields near the village of Fromelles in a 'No-man's land' during Battle of Fromelles in 1916. The item was obtained in July 2010, in conjunction with the dedication of new Fromelles Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery, where 250 Soldiers from WW1 were re-buried (after being discovered in mass burial pits and DNA tested), including 96 identified Diggers, amongst them the Jewish Lt Berrol Mendelsohn. Copies of two articles containing a related story published in the Australian Jewish News, 18 Dec 2009, 27 Aug 2010 in folder M2016/006. Production date 1916 - 1916 SubjectAustralian armed forces, Australian Jewish history, World War I (1914-1918) Object nameammunition Dimensions length: 35.00 mm height: 11.00 mm width: 11.00 mm Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Peter Allen

Object numberM2016/006:002

DescriptionWW1 Projectile/Bullet found in vegetable fields near the village of Fromelles in a 'No-man's land' during Battle of Fromelles in 1916. The item was obtained in July 2010, in conjunction with the dedication of new Fromelles Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery, where 250 Soldiers from WW1 were re-buried (after being discovered in mass burial pits and DNA tested), including 96 identified Diggers, amongst them the Jewish Lt Berrol Mendelsohn.

Copies of two articles containing a related story published in the Australian Jewish News, 18 Dec 2009, 27 Aug 2010 in folder M2016/006.

Production date 1916 - 1916

SubjectAustralian armed forces, Australian Jewish history, World War I (1914-1918)

Object nameammunition

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Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Peter Allen

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