The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
HMAS AUSTRALIA, AT SEA. 1943-02. MEMBERS OF THE CREW OF THE "AUSTRALIA" SPONGING OUT ONE OF THE 8-INCH MARK VIII GUNS IN "Y" TURRET. THIS IS A DAILY ROUTINE, AS AT NIGHT SEMI ARMOUR PIERCING SHELLS ARE LOADED AND UNLOADED IN THE MORNING. BEFORE A CHANGE OVER TAKES PLACE THE BARRELS ARE SPONGED OUT. LEFT TO RIGHT:-- ABLE SEAMAN L. WISE, AB G. THORNTON, AB K. FULLER, AND AB A. NELSON.
SEMI COMPLETED ARMOUR PIERCING SHELLS SHOWN BEING STACKED FOR INSPECTION. THE SPECIAL STEELS REQUIRED FOR THESE SHELLS ARE BEING PRODUCED IN AUSTRALIA FROM AUSTRALIAN MATERIALS. PHOTO TAKEN AT THE COM
Bendigo, Vic. c. 1944. A woman employee of the Commonwealth Ordnance Factory conducts hardness tests on a 250lb semi-armour piercing aircraft bomb by measuring the rebound of a pellet dropped in the t
Lieutenant W O C Roberts, HMAS Murchison's Executive Officer, points out the hole punched through the steel door to Murchinson's engine room made by a Chinese anti-tank shell. On 30 September 1951 HMA
ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT. 1940-07-21. MEMBERS OF THE SHIP'S COMPANY, BOB LINKLATER (LEFT) AND JACK CLARK, SITTING ON THE 6 INCH GUN BARRELS OF A TURRET OF THE CRUISER HMAS SYDNEY (II) AS THEY PREPARE THEM FO
Three Australian servicemen aboard an M113A1 armoured personnel carrier (APC) with the call sign three one (31) and named '31 Blood', attached to B Squadron, 3rd Cavalry (3 Cav) Regiment, Royal Austra
Side view of an M113A1 armoured personnel carrier (APC) with the call sign three one (31) and named '31 BLOOD', attached to B Squadron, 3rd Cavalry Regiment, Royal Australian Armoured Corps. The vehic
