The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Piece of galvanised steel, riddled with bullet and shrapnel holes. The edges of the holes, and of the piece of steel are rusted.
This piece of bullet riddled steel may have been used as part of the Australian defences at Lone Pine. It was collected at Lone Pine in 1919 by members of the Australian War Records Section or the Australian Historical Mission (AHM).
The 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.
Shattered remains of a blue enamelled metal water bottle. The water bottle has been riddled with bullet and shrapnel and is missing most of its enamel. The exposed metal is rusted. The remains of th
Two pieces of a damaged blue enalled water bottle. One piece has lost most of its enamel and the exposed metal is rusted and full of shrapnel or bullet holes. The other piece has almost half of its en
Rectangular steel loophole plate made from two layers of thick sheet steel. The outer layer is 9 mm thick and the inner layer is 7 mm thick. The pieces are held together by dome shaped rivets. In the
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 blue enamelled metal water bottle. The neck has been torn off, the enamel has chipped off around the damage and the metal has rusted. Enamel has also chipped off around a shrapnel hole on the
