The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Improvised rectangular metal trench sign made from a kerosene or food tin. 'D9B' is roughly cut out of the metal in the style of stencilled letters and numbers. The corners have been cut diagonally and there is a hole in each top corner to attach the sign.
This sign was found on 1 March 1919 by the Australian Historical Mission in a sap near Chatham's Post, one of the most southerly positions at Anzac.
Chatham's Post was established in June 1915 when Lieutenant William Chatham of the 5th Light Horse Regiment led a party of 20 men to cover a working party of 200 men from the 6th Light Horse Regiment. Over two nights, the men of the 6th Light Horse dug a new trench and the redoubt at the end was named 'Chatham's Post'.
The Mission, led by Official Historian C E W Bean, visited Gallipoli in February and March 1919 to collect items for the nation, to record the area through artworks and photographs, and to explore the battlefields to answer some of the 'riddles of Anzac' for the Australian official history of the war.
Rusted metal sign with several small shrapnel holes. One one side has the following text painted in white 'NO ADMITTANCE / UNLESS EMPLOYED / IN TUNNELS. / BY ORDER / O.C. / DIV. ENGRS.'. The other sid
Improvised sign made from a piece of rectangular galvanised tin. Painted on the metal in white paint is 'HELL SPIT', although some of the paint has worn away. The sign has two holes at the top and the
Sign roughly made of sheet metal, probably taken from a biscuit tin, attached by two nails to a piece of timber which appears to have been part of a box. The metal has an overall patina of (inert) rus
Two rough wooden posts lashed together with steel straps attached by large nails. The upper ends have been roughly squared and both have roughly cut rectangular notches, presumably to support horizont
Improvised metal sign made from tin. The text 'LP.13' has been stencilled onto the tin, although the paint has worn away, and only an imprint of the text is left. The sign has rounded edges and a hole
Draughts board made from a piece of wooden box (probably pine). A rough square has been drawn on the wood in graphite pencil, approximately 50 mm from the top of the board, and approximately 25 mm fro
