The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Gallipoli peninsula, Turkey. 1915. Two soldiers stand beside the 4.7 inch British naval gun used as a field gun known as 'Long Tom' which was spiked (or blown up) before the evacuation. Note the camouflaged gun position and the elevation wheel at left. This was the largest gun used at Gallipoli and was brought in to counter the Turkish gun known as 'Beachy Bill'. The barrel of 'Long Tom' is held in the collection of the Australian War Memorial. (Donor P. Ryan)
Gallipoli peninsula, Turkey. c. December 1915. A soldier poses behind the barrel of the 4.7 inch British naval gun used as a field gun known as 'Long Tom' which was spiked (or blown up) before the eva
"Left for the Turks a 4.7 naval gun destroyed." A soldier poses behind the barrel of the 4.7 inch British naval gun used as a field gun (known as 'Long Tom'), which was spiked, or blown up, before the
Gallipoli, Turkey. 1915. Australian artillerymen beside a well camouflaged AIF 6 inch howitzer which was the largest calibre gun in the area.
Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey. August 1915. An AIF 6 inch 30 cwt howitzer, known as The Kangar, in White's Valley preparing to fire on a Turkish Army gun, known as Beachy Bill, in the Olive Grove. (Dono
GALLIPOLI PENINSULA, TURKEY. 1915. SOLDIERS MANOEUVRING A 4.7 INCH "LONG TOM" NAVAL GUN INTO POSITION AT ANZAC. (DONOR: T. YEOMANS).
GALLIPOLI PENINSULA, TURKEY. 1915. SOLDIERS MANOEUVRING A 4.7 INCH "LONG TOM" NAVAL GUN INTO POSITION AT ANZAC. (DONOR: T. YEOMANS).
