Keywords: Geraldton exercise 1942 (028696).jpg AWM Caption Geraldton Australia An anti-tank gun and Vickers machine gun form a defence post at a corner of Geraldton's main street during field exercises carried out by 2nd and 4th Australian divisions Note the AWM incorrectly labels the machine gun a Vickers machine gun It is in fact a German-made MG 08 Small numbers of MG 08s were captured by Australian forces during World War I and brought back to Australia where it was put to use in Militia units 028696 1942-10 author PD-Australia PD-1996 Australia Military history of Australia during World War II Geraldton Western Australia QF 2 pounder ImageNote 1 205 176 222 39 450 342 2 Vickers Machine Gun ImageNoteEnd 1 ImageNote 2 281 114 114 58 450 342 2 anti-tank gun ImageNoteEnd 2 Black and white photographs |