The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Mortar charge case used in a Japanese trench mortar. The mortar was manned by personnel of the Royal Garrison Artillery at Anzac.
These bombs burst with such terrific effect that the Turks made every effort to blow them and their crews out and succeeded with appalling frequency. It did not take the enemy long to "spot"and register these known positions and bring them under an accurate and devastating fire as soon as they commenced their bombardment. The RGA employed a pecular but characteristic type of periscope which the Turks recognised immediately it appeared above the parapet preparatory to the mortars opening fire.
Fired brass shell casing from a breech loaded Japanese trench mortar used by Australian forces at Gallipoli in 1915. The fired primer is still attached to the brass shell casing. This shell case wa
Japanese Type 89 grenade discharger canvas carry case. This case was used to transport and protect a Type 89 Grenade discharger. This was a light mortar used by the Japanese Army during the Second W
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
Part of the fuse from the satchel charge used to damage the 105 mm gun at Fire Support Base Coral. It is a broken tubular piece of bakelite about 145 mm long and 27 mm in diameter. Part of the fuse
Collection of nine .303 cartridge clips, 21 spent Turkish cartridges, six spent Australian cartridges used at Hill 161 on Gallipoli. Official Historian CEW Bean recorded in his diary for 18 Februar
Tail of improvised aerial bomb made from a French Mortier de 58 mortar shell. The tail is made from a cylinder of plate steel with the edges roughly soldered together. On top of this is a dome shaped
