The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Probably EGYPT. ?1918. AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS, POSSIBLY FROM THE 1ST AUSTRALIAN LIGHT HORSE REGIMENT, EXAMINING A 75MM M1897 FRENCH-MANUFACTURED SCHNEIDER GUN, PROBABLY CAPTURED FROM THE TURKS. THE GUN IS PROBABLY IN A PARK AWAITING DISPOSAL.
Probably EGYPT. ?1918. A 75MM M1897 FRENCH-MANUFACTURED SCHNEIDER GUN, THE MAIN WEAPON OF FRENCH ARTILLERY 1914-1918, POSSIBLY CAPTURED FROM THE TURKS BY MEMBERS OF THE 1ST AUSTRALIAN LIGHT HORSE.
c. 1920. Possibly a French 75mm gun mounted on an anti aircraft mount (right) captured from the Turks during the First World War. Next to it is a disinfector. (Donor J. Whitelaw)
Probably PALESTINE. ?1916. SOLDIERS (DISMOUNTED), POSSIBLY FROM THE 6TH AUSTRALIAN LIGHT HORSE, WAIT WITH THEIR HORSES OUTSIDE A VILLAGE FROM WHICH THE TURKS HAVE RECENTLY BEEN EJECTED.
Gunner Charles Hull of the 7th Battery, Australian Field Artillery, sitting on the barrel of a French Schneider M1897 Fieldgun. See also A04460.
MEMBERS OF THE 11TH AUSTRALIAN LIGHT HORSE REGIMENT WITH A GERMAN/TURKISH 75MM M03 GUN CAPTURED AT THE BATTLE FOR SEMAKH.
Informal portrait of Gunner Charles Hull of the 7th Battery, Australian Field Artillery, sitting on the barrel of a French Schneider M1897 Fieldgun. See also A04465.