The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Portrait of Major John Eric Coles (VX102262), Australian Military Forces, 15th Australian Water Transport Company, Small Craft, standing with a Vickers machine gun which has been unofficially modified for use as an anti-aircraft gun on small vessels. The wooden base is bolted to the deck for stability. Major Coles was a wheat farmer prior to the Second World War.
Depicts two unidentified infantrymen, of the 4th Australian division, possibly part of a Vickers machine gun squad, near Mouquet Farm. The man in front is holding a water cooling can for a Vickers Mar
The Australian 16th Brigade amphibious training at Yorkey's Knob Beach or Trinity Bay Beach Cairns, North Queensland 24 August 1943. American soldier keeps watch with 50. Calibre Browning heavy machin
Madsen M1902/04 Light Machine Gun with an air cooled barrel that has a fixed carry handle at the point of balance. The rectangular box section receiver is marked DANSK REKYLRIFFEL SYNDICAT over KOBENH
Tan-coloured circular piece from a parachute. Section of parachute worn by Sergeant John Wood as sun protection while walking through the desert in Libya and Egypt in 1942. On the night of 7/8 Octo
Australian Cruiser Tank AC III. The hull consists of four main castings of armour plate: the nose (which houses the front axle drive assembly, braking components final drive and gear box pinion) the
The status board is located in the HMAS Brisbane Engine Room. The board is made up of a rectangular piece of wood, covered with a rectangular piece of white plastic, which is glued to the front. On th
