The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
PUCKAPUNYAL, VIC. OF ALL UNITS OF FIELD ARTILLERY, THE MOBILE 25-POUNDER GUN IS WIDELY RECOGNISED AS BEING THE BEST ALL-ROUND WEAPON IN USE. ITS VALUE HAS BEEN WELL PROVED IN ACTION AGAINST TANKS IN THE WESTERN DESERT AND RESULTS HAVE BEEN FAR BEYOND PRELIMINARY EXPECTATION. AUSTRALIAN 25-POUNDER REGIMENTS EARNED SPLENDID REPUTATIONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST, AND WITH THE GROWTH OF THE ARMY WITHIN AUSTRALIA, GREAT CONSIDERATION IS BEING GIVEN TO THE FORMATION AND EQUIPMENT OF MORE AND MORE OF THESE EFFECTIVE UNITS. (NEGATIVE BY BOTTOMLEY).
MARIBYRNONG. THIS MASS OF MOLTEN METAL EVENTUALLY WILL BE WROUGHT INTO A 25 POUNDER HOWITZER. AUSTRALIAN ARMAMENT FACTORIES ARE WORKING AT TOP PRESSURE TO MEET JAPAN'S CHALLENGE. A WORKER WATCHES AS A
THE SIX POUNDER ANTI-TANK GUN IS NOW BEING TURNED OUT FROM AUSTRALIAN FACTORIES AND IS BECOMING PART OF THE EQUIPMENT OF ARMOURED UNITS. LOADING THE GUN. (NEGATIVE BY BOTTOMLEY).
During the Second World War, ordinary citizens could contribute ideas through a government suggestion box system. This enabled all people, who may have been involved in various aspects of war work or
Fano, Italy. 1944. Australian war artist Lieutenant Allan Moore of Sydney, NSW, visited all RAAF squadrons in the Mediterranean theatre, where he captured on canvas the various phases of work and leis
DARWIN, NT. 1943-08-11. CONTAMINATION DETECTORS USED IN A TRIAL OF 25 POUNDER BE CHEMICAL SHELLS. FIVE TYPES OF CHARGING WERE USED, RED, GREEN, BLUE, YELLOW AND PLAIN. THE TYPE DYED RED GAVE THE BEST
DARWIN, NT. 1943-08-11. CONTAMINATION DETECTORS USED IN A TRIAL OF 25 POUNDER BE CHEMICAL SHELLS. FIVE TYPES OF CHARGING WERE USED, RED, GREEN, BLUE, YELLOW AND PLAIN. THE TYPE DYED RED GAVE THE BEST
