page_title: Mephisto (tank)
section_title: Soldiers' names visible on the tank
hierarchical_section_title: Mephisto (tank) / Soldiers' names visible on the tank
caption_attribution_description: English: The names of Allied soldiers engraved into Mephisto's rear armour, probably during its stay at Poulainville. It is most likely that the men were from the British Tank Corps.
context_page_description: Mephisto is a World War I German tank, the only surviving example of an A7V. In April 1918, during a German attack at Villers-Bretonneux on the Western Front, it became stuck in a shell-hole and was abandoned by its crew. It was recovered by Allied troops about three months later and, after the war, taken to Australia as a trophy. Mephisto is housed at the Queensland Museum, in Brisbane, in the Anzac Legacy Gallery. It is not in running order.
context_section_description: All the men's names written in chalk or paint have long been erased by the elements or during repainting, but thirteen names hammered into the hull with a chisel or punch are still visible. In the centre of the rear face of the tank, under the inscription "Tank Boys", are the names of six men: H. Williams, J. Byford, J. Pickles, A. McFarlane, H. Dutton, and T. Hughes. These are not the names of men of 26th Battalion who took part in the recovery; none of those names can be found in the Battalion records between July and November 1918. However, it is known that all six of those names can be found on the strength of the Tank Corps in the latter part of 1918.
  There are two further names on the rear armour: A. Wallace, and "TJR"; three on the left side: E.(or L.) E. Smith, H. Scaddon (probably Scaddan) and Sonny Arundell; and on the front, D. Mason and R. Aldrich. Of those seven, four are known to have been railway workers of one kind or another in civilian life, and to have served in the 5th Australian Broad Gauge Railway Operating Company (ABGROC) in Belgium and France.
caption: Soldiers' names engraved in Mephisto's rear armour.[7]
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