The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Discoloured white enamelled tin with surface with rust marks, and the following text printed on the front and back in black text and in white text bordered with black: 'NCI / DISINFECTING / POWDER / PREPARED BY / THE SOUTH METROPOLITAN GAS CO. / 709 OLD KENT ROAD, LONDON, SE'. The tin is misshapen with some tears and holes.
Disinfectant was issued to troops at Gallipoli to combat lice and flies. However due to the difficulties in getting access to water and living in the trenches around the remains of dead soldiers, insects remained constant irritants to the troops throughout the campaign.
This tin was collected by members of the Australian War Records Section (AWRS) or the Australian Historical Mission (AHM). A small party of AWRS staff, led by Lieutenant William Hopkin James, worked on Gallipoli between December 1918 and March 1919, taking photographs and collecting items for the national collection. The AHM, led by Official Historian C E W Bean, visited Gallipoli from February to 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.
Two damaged and rusted clips for .303 cartridges. These fragments were collected by members of the Australian War Records Section (AWRS) or the Australian Historical Mission (AHM). A small party o
Rusted cast iron 1908 pattern entrenching tool head. Both the spade and pick ends have been damaged by shrapnel. The ferrule, also damaged and distorted by shrapnel damage, is wedged into the entrench
Damaged Mk VI blue enamel water bottle. Large sections of enamel have been chipped from the water bottle. There are four bullet or shrapnel holes in the bottle : one large hole in the front, one in th
Damaged Mk VI blue enamel water bottle. Large sections of the enamel enamel have been chipped from the water bottle. There are four bullet or shrapnel holes in the bottle. Two holes - one on each side
Folded bundle of lengths of rusted wire netting, or 'chicken wire'. There are two short lengths of British barbed wire woven into the netting, some thinner pieces of wire through part of the bundle wh
Remains of a Pattern 1907 bayonet scabbard, which consists of the locket and frog stud. The item is rusted overall (inert), with additional heavy corroded on one side and the back. The remains of drie
