The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey. May 1915. A scene on Anzac Beach on a Sunday early in May, when as many as 400 bathers were in the water at one time. Watson's Pier, in the left foreground, was under construction.
An informal portrait of four unidentified members of the 37th Battalion at a machine gun position which overlooks the valley of the Ancre. Lying around the entrances to the dugouts are kits, rifles a
The number 6 white painted steel lifeboat from the British transport ship HMT (A33) Ascot. The lifeboat has a rivetted beam along its keel, and the steel sheets that the hull is constructed from are a
Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey. June 1915. Signallers of the 1st Australian Division building Watson's Pier at Anzac. Even before it was completed the pier was a great resort for bathers. The pile driver
Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey. c May 1915. A view of Anzac Beach from the water. Note the large stacks of boxed stores along the beach, as well as the pier, and the many dugouts on the hillside. (Donor
Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey. June 1915. Watson's Pier at Anzac nearing completion.
Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey. 18 November 1915. After the storm of 17 November, Watson's Pier had to be repaired, but it was never again thoroughly completed. The Turks knew the work was going on, and
Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey. 17 December 1915. A view of Watson's Pier. During the last days of the evacuation, Anzac Beach, was utterly deserted, but fortunately Turkish airmen, flew too high to noti
Gallipoli, Turkey. 1915. Anzac Cove as seen from Watson's Pier and looking towards Plugge's Plateau with some landing craft in the foreground. (Donor G.H. Knox)
