The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Two unidentified members of the Australian Field Artillery camouflaging the blast marks scorched on the grass by an 18 pounder gun. This is necessary when a gun is sunk low in the ground as the firing scorches the grass within a radius of several yards making the position an easily defined mark. This gun position is located on the outskirts of the village and the church steeple in the background (right).
Five unidentified members of the Australian Field Artillery placing netting and brambles in front of their gun in order to camouflage the effect of the gun blast. This is necessary when a gun is sunk
Lines occupied by the Australians near Heilly. This picture strikingly illustrates the necessity for camouflaging tracks, showing as it does the well defined marks of traffic after a comparatively sho
An unidentified soldier near Corbie, with his feet where a shell had fallen, illustrating the effect of a light German field gun shell nicknamed by the Australian troops 'a Daisy Cutter'. The shell wa
Drawn on the day after capture when the site was comparatively undisturbed. This gun had been responsible for a certain amount of shelling during weeks previous to its capture. The gun had obviously b
SYRIA. DURING THE FINAL BIG ATTACK ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF BEIRUT. IN THE FOREGROUND IS A NET WHICH IS CAMOUFLAGING A 2 POUND ANTI TANK GUN. THIS IS PROBABLY THE MOST FORWARD GUN ON THE ROAD. SHELLS CAN B
LABUAN ISLAND, BORNEO. 1945-07-06. A GRASS FIRE BURNING FURIOUSLY AFTER BEING STARTED BY THE BLAST OF NO 1 GUN OF B TROOP, 23 BATTERY, 2/12 FIELD REGIMENT. THE MEN ARE FIRING THEIR 25 POUNDER ON A JAP
