The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Studio portrait of an unidentifed soldier posed as if firing a Vickers Maxim .303 machine-gun. The gun is displayed with ammunition belt and box and a handfull of "spent" cartridges have been arranged near the operator's feet. The water cooling container and hose attachment necessary for the operation of this weapon has been excluded. Other images from this studio which display this machine gun prop include P04684.002; P06493.001; P07654.003; P11519.008 and P11519.010.
"From your Cobber, J L McCarthy." Studio portrait of 570 Private (Pte) James Langford McCarthy, 4th Machine Gun Company posed as if firing a Vickers Maxim .303 machine-gun. The gun is displayed with a
Studio portrait of 504 Private (Pte) John Henry Costa, 13th Machine Gun Company posed as if firing a Vickers Maxim .303 machine-gun. The gun is displayed with ammunition belt and box and a handful of
Studio portrait of 395B, Private (Pte) (later Sergeant) John Stanley Braddick, 2nd Machine Gun Battalion, of Eastwood, SA, sitting behind a Vickers Maxim machine gun. Formerly a horticulturist, Pte Br
Studio portrait of 550 Private (Pte) Theodore Carlisle McLean, 11th Machine Gun Company, of Murwillumbah, NSW, posing with a Vickers Maxim machine gun. A farmer before enlisting in August 1916, Pte Mc
Studio portrait of 507 Private (Pte) James Cullin Gaffney, 8th Reinforcements, 8th Machine Gun Company, of Hynam, SA (left), and 1362 2nd Air Mechanic John Henry Arthur (Jack) Treacy, 4th Reinforcemen
Two unidentified members of a militia Light horse unit firing a Vickers .303 machine gun. which is mounted on a tripod. The gun is water cooled around the barrel, which allows for prolonged firing, b
