The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Canberra, ACT. The 28 cm German railway gun that was captured by the Australian Imperial Force on 8 August 1918 in front of Harbonnieres, near Villers Bretonneux, France. This gun was used by the Germans to shell Amiens during World War 1. It is displayed on its original mountings on a section of a railway track and has been repainted. Note the empty paint tins in the foreground.
CANBERRA, ACT. DECEMBER 1939. THE AMIENS GUN IN ITS THEN PERMANENT POSITION ADJACENT TO THE RAILWAY STATION. CAPTURED ON THE 1918-08-08, BY MEMBERS OF THE AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE, IN FRONT OF HARBON
CANBERRA, ACT. 25 DECEMBER 1939. THE AMIENS GUN, IN ITS THEN PERMANENT POSITION ADJACENT TO THE RAILWAY STATION. CAPTURED ON 8 AUGUST 1918, BY THE AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE, IN FRONT OF HARBONNIERES,
CANBERRA, ACT. OCTOBER 1939. THE AMIENS GUN IN THE SAME CONFIGURATION AS IT WAS WHEN CAPTURED ON 8TH AUGUST 1918 BY MEMBERS OF THE AIF IN FRONT OF HARBONNIERES, NEAR VILLERS BRETONNEUX. THIS 28cm RAIL
CANBERRA, ACT. OCTOBER 1939. THE AMIENS GUN IN THE SAME CONFIGURATION AS IT WAS WHEN CAPTURED ON 8TH AUGUST 1918 BY MEMBERS OF THE AIF IN FRONT OF HARBONNIERES, NEAR VILLERS BRETONNEUX. THIS 28cm RAIL
Large, heavy steel spanner or key to fit a circular object 16 1/2 inches in diameter, the spanner is marked C 100 [as 10092]. Found at Harbonnieres. This large spanner forms part of the maintenance
1/24 scale model of the German 28 cm SK L/40 railway gun captured by Australian forces on 8 November 1918, at Harbonnieres in France, and known as the 'Amiens Gun'. The model is constructed from bras
