The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 - line up, the lower one being the entry hole and the higher one the exit hole.
This water bottle 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.
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
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
Damaged blue enamelled water bottle. The enamel has chipped off in several areas and the exposed metal is rusted and warped. There are two bullet or shrapnel holes in the back, as well as with four ot
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
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
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
