The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
A 4.7 inch gun destroyed and abandoned by the Australians during the evacuation of Gallipoli in December 1915. When revisiting the area after the armistice some Australians found the gun had been moved and then dumped alongside a road The barrell was recovered and is on display at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra. Ammunition wagons are visible in the background. (Copied from a book of photographs taken by the Turks after the evacuation of Gallipoli, and published in Germany; brought from Asia Minor by an Australian prisoner of war.)
Damaged barrel of 4.7 inch quick firing naval gun. A third of the barrel at the muzzle-end has ruptured. The breech block is missing. 'The text, Q.F. 4.7In IV E.O.C. [broad arrow symbol] 1896 No.716'
A 4.7 inch gun, destroyed and abandoned by Australians during the evacuation of Gallipoli in December 1915. When revisiting the area after the armistice, some Australians found the gun had been moved
Some of the ammunition wagons abandoned by allied forces during the evacuation of Gallipoli, December 1915, parked by the Turks at Ari Burnu. Two Turks are visible in the background, and the wagons in
Some of the allied ammunition wagons abandoned during the evacuation of Gallipoli, December 1915, parked by the Turks at Ari Burnu. (Copied from a book of photographs taken by the Turks after the evac
A Turkish soldier standing amongst British ammunition wagons abandoned during the evacuation of Anzac in December 1915. (Copied from a book of photographs taken by the Turks after the evacuation of Ga
North Beach, looking towards Suvla Bay, littered with wagons and equipment abandoned by the allies during the evacuation of Gallipoli in December 1915. (Copied from a book of photographs taken by the
British field gun wagons, only one of which still has a gun attached, abandoned during the evacuation of Gallipoli in December 1915. Most of the weapons and equipment left behind by the allies was dis