The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 was a dud 8 inch shell from the German cruiser Goeben.
Signallers of the 1st Australian Division, under Lieutenant Watson, at work building a pier at Anzac afterwards known as Watson's Pier. A dud 8 inch enemy shell filled with sand served as a pile drive
Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey. c May 1915. Soldiers constructing Watson's Pier. A dud 8 inch Turkish shell was used as a pile driver. Lieutenant S. H. Watson (front, left) is supervising construction. T
Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey. c May 1915. Soldiers constructing Watson's Pier. A dud Turkish 8 inch shell was used as a pile driver. Identified is Lieutenant S. H. Watson (front, middle) supervising co
Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey. c May 1915. Soldiers constructing Watson's Pier. A dud 8 inch Turkish shell was used as a pile driver. Lieutenant S. H. Watson (front, left) is supervising construction. T
Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey. c May 1915. Soldiers constructing Watson's Pier. A dud Turkish 8 inch shell was used as a pile driver. Identified is Lieutenant S. H. Watson (front, middle) supervising co
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 cons
