World War I: Historian Peter Woodley researches Wongarbon's mystery gun, identity

Faye Wheeler
Updated July 24 2020 - 4:38pm, first published 4:32pm
Delving deep: Historian Peter Woodley reflects at Dubbo's cenotaph. He reports Wongarbon claimed it had the first war memorial on "the western line", but Dubbo's came into focus from its unveiling in 1925. Photo: BELINDA SOOLE
Delving deep: Historian Peter Woodley reflects at Dubbo's cenotaph. He reports Wongarbon claimed it had the first war memorial on "the western line", but Dubbo's came into focus from its unveiling in 1925. Photo: BELINDA SOOLE

"A small sub-machine gun" captured on a distant battlefield was at the centre of a controversy - and became a mystery - in a village east of Dubbo that remains "fascinating" a century later.

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Faye Wheeler

Faye Wheeler

Journalist

I have been a journalist for more than a decade and in that time I have been keeping Daily Liberal readers up to date about issues affecting them and what's happening in their community. Throughout my career I have covered a range of rounds and most recently I have been focusing on the business round.

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