The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 centre of the plate small horizontally aligned viewing slit, 46 mm high and 12mm wide, is cut through both layers. The plate was originally secured into position by four nuts and bolts - one on each corner. Only two of the nuts and bolts are still present. The plate has numerous holes and dents created by Turkish fire.
This loophole plate, riddled with bullet holes, was found at Lone Pine, Gallipoli on 8 January 1919 by members of the Australian War Records Section (AWRS). 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.
Loopholes were built into parapets to allow a soldier to see out of a trench without exposing his head to enemy fire. This steel plate was fitted to a loophole at Lone Pine to help protect the soldiers from Turkish bullets.
Horizontal rectangular steel loophole plate. The plate is made from two layers of thick sheet steel. The outer layer is 6 mm thick and the inner layer is 9 mm thick. The pieces have been rivetted toge
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
Damaged and badly corroded Turkish water bottle, which is badly misshapen due to battle and environmental damage. It also contains many bullet and shrapnel holes. The edges of the oval top and bottom
Circular, mounted pattern mess tin lid. Scratched inside the lid is 'W / [illegible] IES'. The inside also contains a large number of light cut marks resulting from the original use of the lid as a pl
Oval, British army issue dixie lid. The rim is folded over a 3 mm wide length of wire around the entire edge of the lid. The wire is exposed on each of the longer sides, to which heavy gauge wire hand
German 1907 pattern ovoid shaped canteen [water bottle]. One side of the water bottle is concave; the other is convex. The short neck has been damaged and folded in on itself. The body is dented and f
