The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
This pencil sketch of a Turkish trench mortar in use in the battle at Lone Pine, Gallipoli peninsula. The Mortar consisting of empty schrapnel case mounted on a stock to which it was secured by two metal bands. This drawing is undated but the artists' inscription indicates that the sketch was made during the Lone Pine attack in August 1915.
Improvised Turkish trench mortar made from a fired 18 pounder shrapnel projectile and wooden stock shaped like a rifle butt stock. The projectile barrel is made from hardened steel and has been discol
Crude improvised mortar. It is made from a 75 mm artillery shell casing clamped onto a roughly carved wooden stock. One end of the stock has been carved out so the shell casing sits securely in place
Depicts the battlefield at Gallipoli during the Battle for Lone Pine. At the landing in April 1915 a single pine tree was growing on the site and the Australians called it 'Lonesome Pine' from the tit
This diorama depicts the attack of the Turkish position known as Lone Pine on 6 August 1915. As the sun was sinking behind Imbros and Samothrace, the Anzacs made their determined charge against the e
Steel barrel 590mm in length. with internal diameter of 65mm. Fastened to a clamp on the mid-point of the barrel is a steel stirrup, fabricated out of 6mm steel bar. This stirrup would have engaged
Oval tin identity disc marked in Arabic script with a series of numbers and letters. The legible numbers are 4, 5 and 96. The top of the disc is pierced with two suspension holes which appear to have
