The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 RAILWAY GUN WAS USED BY THE GERMANS TO SHELL AMIENS, SOME 15 MILES AWAY. DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR THE GUN WAS DISMANTLED WITH THE MOUNTING BEING LOANED TO THE AUSTRALIAN ARMY FOR EXPERIMENTAL WORK, THE BOGIES LOCATED AT THE ARMY CAMP AT BANDIANA, VICTORIA AND THE BARREL, WEIGHING AN ESTIMATED 45 TONS, PLACED ON EXHIBITION AT THE AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL, CANBERRA.
HORSES AT RENNER SPRINGS, NORTHERN TERRITORY IN 1941. PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN WHEN SIGNALS PERSONNEL FROM NO 4 MILITARY DISTRICT, AMF, AND PMG LINESMEN WERE UPDATING THE OVERLAND TELEGRAPH LINE FROM ALICE SP
BAY OF BISCAY. 1943-05-29. SUNDERLAND T9114-E OF NO 461 SQUADRON RAAF, UNDER TOW BY THE FRENCH DESTROYER 'LA COMBATTANTE'. THE AIRCRAFT HAD LANDED TO PICK UP SIXTEEN SURVIVORS FROM TWO OTHER AIRCRAFT
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. 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,
Railway mounting of the famous 28cm Amiens gun, which was captured by Australian troops in front of Harbonnieres, near Villers Bretonneux, France on 8 August 1918. The mounting of the gun has been ad
The captured German railway gun, known as the Amiens Gun, on display. On the side of the gun has been painted: "Captured by the British 4th Army August 8th 1918". The postcard's caption reads 'This g
A captured German railway gun, known as the Amiens Gun, possibly during its relocation in Canberra. It had been exhibited in Paris before it was sent to England for transportation to Australia as a w
