The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Gallipoli, Turkey, 1915. In a deep trench, an Australian soldier (right) prepares a periscope rifle for firing while several of his colleagues look on. At left, an empty biscuit tin has been fitted into a cavity hollowed out in the trench wall in order to provide storage space. The soldier (left) is a Staff Sergeant.
Gallipoli, Turkey, 1915. Two Australian soldiers occupy a deep section of trench, while an empty tin and a wooden crate or trunk have been fitted for storage purposes into cavities hollowed out of the
Gallipoli, Turkey. An Australian soldier using a periscope rifle. The periscope rifle had been invented by Lance Corporal (later Sergeant) W.C.B. Beech of the 2nd Battalion.
An unidentified soldier (foreground) uses a periscope rifle in a trench on the Gallipoli Peninsula while his mate observes for him through a periscope.
An unidentified soldier operating a periscope rifle in a trench on the Apex, September 1915.
Inside an Australian trench at Anzac, Gallipoli, showing men keeping vigil by means of a trench periscope left and periscope rifle right.
An unidentified soldier using a periscope rifle in a Lone Pine trench. A homemade invention of mirrors, boxwood and wire, the periscope rifle allowed the user to sight and fire a rifle over the parape
