The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Shrapnel damaged metal seat from an 18 Pounder Gun. In the middle of the seat is a triangular pattern of four drainage holes. There are numerous small shrapnel holes and two tears in the edge of the seat.
This seat is from an 18 Pounder Gun of 43 Battery, Australian Field Artillery, which was destroyed on the Ecoust-Vracourt road near Lagnicourt by German counter-battery fire on 15 April 1917. During the engagement, two of the unit's three officers, Major Pybus and Lieutenant Clarke, were killed. Of its forty men, twelve were killed including four `number ones' and a further eight were wounded. Three of its five guns and several ammunition dumps were destroyed.
Shrapnel damaged part of a metal gun shield from an 18 Pounder Gun. This part of the shield has a circular hole in the middle and has apparently been bent by the force of an explosion. The edges have
Damaged wooden spoke from the wheel of an 18 Pounder Gun. The spoke has been broken off at the inner end. On the outer end is the circular tenon that would have fitted into the rim of the wheel. Thi
Brass 18 pounder field gun shell case, hand inscribed as follows: 'THE LAST SHOT FIRED FROM ANZAC AT 5.5 P.M. ON THE 19/12/15 AT THE OLIVE GROVE FROM NO. 4 GUN 8TH BATTERY A.F.A. DETACHMENT NO:1778 SG
Restored Armstrong Model 1859 12 Pounder RBL Field Gun rebuilt to its 1880's configuration. Most of the steelwork is original, as is the brown patina. The brass sights, the brass sight locking handles
Late 19th century breech loading field artillery piece on a box trail with two wooden spoked wheels. Breech: Welin screw with a three motion action. Firing Mechanism: Friction igniter. The gun fir
18 pounder Mark 1 Field Gun Barrel and Carriage. The gun barrel is wire bound nickel-steel with a single-motion screw breech with a cartridge extractor. The lower carriage is comprised of a single ho
