The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
BUNA. A 25 POUNDER BEING CAMOUFLAGED IN A GUN-PIT FROM WHERE IT CAN SHOOT AT ENEMY PILLBOXES OVER OPEN SIGHTS. AN OFFICER WATCHES FOR ANY MOVEMENT BY THE JAPANESE, SO THAT HE CAN SHOUT A WARNING TO THE GUNCREW. FIRE FROM THE 25 POUNDER WILL BE DIRECTED FROM AN OBSERVATION POST.
PAPUA. BUNA. A 25 POUNDER BEING CAMOUFLAGED IN A GUN-PIT FORM WHERE IT CAN SHOOT AT ENEMY PILLBOXES OVER OPEN SIGHTS. AN OFFICER WATCHES FOR ANY MOVEMENT BY THE JAPANESE, SO THAT HE CAN SHOUT A WARNIN
PAPUA. BUNA. ARTILLERY CLEARS WAY FOR INFANTRY. NINETY FEET ABOVE THE GROUND A FORWARD OBSERVATION OFFICER AT BUNA WATCHES THE FALL OF SHELLS FROM AN AUSTRALIAN 25 POUNDER BATTERY. HIS POST IS 300 YAR
Silhouetted against the dawn mist, Number 2 (B2) gun crew of B Troop, 105th Field Battery, clean their QF 25 pounder field gun, following an all night shoot directed against Communist terrorists hidin
SOUTH ALEXISHAFEN, NEW GUINEA. 1944-07-24. VX54772 GUNNER C. GREENHALGH "A" TROOP, 2/14TH FIELD REGIMENT ADJUSTING THE SIGHTS OF A 25 POUNDER GUN IN PREPARATION FOR A PRACTICE SHOOT.
Majon'ni, Korea. An unidentified observer at a Sniper Observation Post (OP) of C Company, 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), watches intently for enemy movement from 9 Platoon position u
Uberi area, Papua, 1942-09. Australian soldiers cut down trees to widen a section of the Kokoda Trail from Owers' Corner to Uberi so that 25-pounder field guns can be dragged forward along the track t
