The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
This Greek schooner was one of the few ships that successfully used Watson's Pier at Anzac Cove in spite of fire from the Turkish gun known as Beachy Bill, which could by this time place a shell on the pier whenever it wished. Commander E H Cater RN and many others were killed there.
A shrapnel shell fired by 'Beachy Bill' bursting over Watson's Pier at Anzac Cove on the Gallipoli Peninsula. 'Beachy Bill', a Turkish artillery battery at Olive Grove, concentrated on the beaches an
Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey. July 1915. As soon as Watson's Pier was finished at Anzac Cove the G.H.Q. torpedo boat attempted to use it but was at once chased away by the Turkish gun known as Beachy B
Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey. c. 1 August 1915. The boat that replenished the water supply, stored in tanks on a great platform above Anzac Cove. The vessel used to come to Anzac Pier and pump the wate
Gallipoli, Turkey. 1915. Souvenired by Australian troops, a dud shell from the Turkish artillery battery known as 'Beachy Bill' stands on a box in the Australian positions at Anzac Cove. The Turkish b
Looking at Anzac Cove from Ari Burnu. The road is a recent addition to the landscape but in all essentials the Cove is as it was on 25th April, 1915. Several figures can be seen walking along the edg
GALLIPOLI, TURKEY. SHELLS FROM A TURKISH ARTILLERY BATTERY, KNOWN AS BEACHY BILL, BURSTING OVER AN AREA ABOVE ANZAC COVE OCCUPIED BY THE 4TH AUSTRALIAN FIELD AMBULANCE, AIF.
