The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
The No. 4 gun, an 18 pound field gun of B sub-section, 9th Battery, in action during a Turkish attack. They are firing from McCay's [M'Cay's] Hill towards the Olive Grove, targetting a Turkish supply train about to enter a sunken road. The gun is camouflaged with leaves attached to netting. There is a pit behind the two gunners facing the camera, which was used to store high explosive ammunition. Further left is a telephone pit and shelter. Identified are, left to right, Sid Fergusson; 1955A Charles Henry 'Harry' Briggs; 2011 Gnr Leonard Lovett (partly concealed); and 1994 Gnr Eric Gordon Harris (with back to camera), all of Hobart, Tasmania. This version of the photograph was copied from a print owned by Keith Murdoch, to whom it was presented by Lord Northcliffe. Northcliffe, the owner of the Daily Mirror, which had obtained the copyright for the photograph, wrote 'Splendid Men' across the original print. See also A00830 and P06127.001.
The No. 4 gun, an 18 pound field gun of B sub-section, 9th Battery, in action during a Turkish attack. They are firing from McCay's [M'Cay's] Hill towards the Olive Grove, targetting a Turkish supply
This image shows a 9th Battery 18 pound field gun in action during a Turkish attack. It was reproduced in the Illustrated War News (London), 29 September 1915, p. 26, with the following caption: "With
The No. 4 gun, an 18 pound field gun of B sub-section, 9th Battery, in action during a Turkish attack. They are firing from McCay's [M'Cay's] Hill towards the Olive Grove, targetting a Turkish supply
His Majesty Submarine E11, after her return from the Sea of Marmora, where she did some splendid work in destroying Turkish transports. This photograph was taken after the mounting of a 4-7 gun.
A photograph taken by a German soldier who was captured; his camera was taken and the film developed. This image shows a Turkish machine gun section.
Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey. 1915. Kilid Bahr Plateau, Olive Grove, Achi Baba and Helles seen from the sea, are here shown in the order named from the left. It was from Olive Grove that "Beachy Bill,"
Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey. 1915. Kilid Bahr Plateau, Olive Grove, Achi Baba and Helles seen from the sea, are here shown in the order named from the left. It was from Olive Grove that "Beachy Bill,"
A 4.5 inch howitzer of the 111th Battery of the Australian Field Artillery, at Ravine Wood, Ypres, Belgium. The camouflage netting is pulled back from the front of the gun-pit when the howitzer is in
