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18th March 2013, 09:34 PM #16SENIOR MEMBER
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Good grief !!! I met this man. The last surviving crew member who saw action in an A7V. Surely not your Grandad ??
His Tank Mask.
Also ... I have some 'Top Secret' papers. Hidden from the victors and never released until this opening ceremony. Includes many plans that would make fantastic scale models. But all in German, which I cannot speak or read.
These specially bound documents were given to me for my contribution to the A7V reconstruction.
Can you read German (WWI Military dialect) ? I could scan and post ?
Cool bananas ... Greg
just thought ... Your grandad could be in one of the pictures above !!
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18th March 2013, 09:47 PM #17
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18th March 2013, 09:51 PM #18SENIOR MEMBER
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18th March 2013, 10:00 PM #19SENIOR MEMBER
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In these days of mobiles, internet and instant email this picture will seem incredible. But it is HQ Communications Armoured Division. .
Altho how the pigeons knew which tank they were attached to is beyond me.
greg
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18th March 2013, 11:55 PM #20
Thanks for sharing Greg
Is the original still on display?1915 17"x50" LeBlond heavy duty Lathe, 24" Queen city shaper, 1970's G Vernier FV.3.TO Universal Mill, 1958 Blohm HFS 6 surface grinder, 1942 Rivett 715 Lathe, 14"x40" Antrac Lathe, Startrite H225 Bandsaw, 1949 Hercus Camelback Drill press, 1947 Holbrook C10 Lathe.
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19th March 2013, 07:26 AM #21SENIOR MEMBER
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Thank you Ueee.
Up until recent years it was on display at the QLD Museum. But the QLD humidity was destroying it, the plates and rivets were swelling and stressing. It has now been moved to a secret location and is being stabilised. As well the 'tracks' are being 'freed up'. They were seized and in order to move it, it had to be skull-dragged about.
The 'secret-location' is not so secret, and if you wish to see it, it is not far from Brisbane in a well known Railway-Workshop-Museum.
cool bananas ... Greg
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20th March 2013, 04:02 AM #22
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20th March 2013, 08:34 PM #23SENIOR MEMBER
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That is a great story Greg, it really makes the pictures come to life. As many others have already said, Thanks so much for sharing it with us. I might have missed it, but I wonder when you were involved in the reconstruction, and how long it took. Did you get to go to Germany to see the finished article? Cheers,
Rob.
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21st March 2013, 07:11 AM #24SENIOR MEMBER
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23rd March 2013, 01:06 AM #25Intermediate Member
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