The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Five members of an Australian trench mortar battery preparing to fire their heavy trench mortar in the Chalk Pit. A trench mortar fires a projectile vertically from a tube at the base of which is a spigot which ignites the projectile's firing charge. In this case the shell was nicknamed a 'flying pig' as its slow descent and large size enabled it on occasion to be viewed in flight. The gun crew have been identified, left to right, as Sergeant Daley; Albert Roy Kyle; Corporal Clift; Gunner Lear; Gunner Clive Talbot.
'Loading a trench mortar'. Five members of an Australian trench mortar battery preparing to fire their heavy trench mortar in the Chalk Pit. A trench mortar fires a projectile vertically from a tube a
'Loading a trench mortar'. Five members of an Australian trench mortar battery preparing to fire their heavy trench mortar in the Chalk Pit. A trench mortar fires a projectile vertically from a tube a
Belgium trench mortar made from cast steel and mounted on a wooden baseplate. The Mortar had a barrel with a fixed elevation. Variation in range was achieved by use of different charges of powder in t
Group portrait of members of the 1st Australian Medium Trench Mortar Battery at Airaines. Identified and numbered from the front row from left to right: 1. 10011 Sergeant (Sgt) Edmund Joseph Auckett M
