The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Nosecap from a naval shrapnel shell. The nosecap is made of steel with a brass end, over which there would have been a pointed tip. The exterior has the remains of red and black paint and there is a bullet or shrapnel hole in the side. The interior is natural steel and the tip has a 'plug' of white metal, possibly lead.
This nosecap was collected by members of the Australian War Records Section (AWRS) in January 1919. 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.
It came from a naval shrapnel shell and may have been fired by HMS Queen Elizabeth. She provided gunfire support to the landings on 25 April 1915 as well as bombardments of Turkish positions and shipping until mid May when she was withdrawn from the area.
Shrapnel shells contained small round shrapnel balls or 'bullets'. Thousands of shrapnel balls could be contained in one shell.
One of the positions heavily shelled by HMS Queen Elizabeth was Battleship Hill, originally called Big 700, its name changed due to the bombardments the area received from the British ships, usually to disrupt Turkish advances or to shell troops sheltering behind the inland slope.
Nosecap from a naval shrapnel shell. The nosecap is made of steel with a brass end, over which there would have been a pointed tip. The extrerior has the remains of black paint. The interior is natura
Round lead ball with pitting on surface. This large shrapnel ball was found at Battleship Hill, Gallipoli, on 18 February 1919 by members of the Australian Historical Mission. Originally called Bi
Collection of four .303 inch calibre projectiles and nine lead shrapnel balls. Six of the balls balls are 12.5 mm in diameter, two are 15 mm in diameter and one is 18 mm in diameter. All are misshapen
Collection of shell fragments that are the result of a high explosive detonation. The fragments are in multiple shapes and and are made from cast steel and copper. The shrapnel consists of shrapnel ba
Piece of a British large naval shell. This piece of shell was found at Battleship Hill, Gallipoli, on 18 February 1919 by members of the Australian Historical Mission. Originally called Big 700, the
Four shell fragments and 10 Shrapnel balls. Nine of the balls are 10mm in diameter, while the other is 20mm in diameter. Shell and shrapnel collected from the headquarters of Major General Essad Pas
