The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
An unidentified Australian artilleryman of the 3rd Battalion sits on the base of a 15 inch German naval gun in Arcy Wood, which was placed in position to shell the city of Amiens, but was captured by the Australians during the Battle of Proyart on 23 August 1918. In the centre is the thread of the elevating mechanism. The gun was found separated from its carriage, with the barrel blown off at the breech and half buried beside the mounting. It had already been wrecked by an explosion, accidental or intended, when it was captured.
A group of unidentified Australian and British soldiers and a single airman pictured on and around the base of the German 38 cm SK L/45 naval gun that the 3rd Battalion AIF captured in Arcy Wood durin
Four unidentified Australians pose on the mounting of the 15 inch German naval gun that was captured by the 3rd Battalion in Arcy Wood during the Battle of Proyart on 23 August 1918. Note the words p
The 15 inch naval gun, at Arcy Wood, near Chuignolles, captured by members of the 3rd Battalion in a bayonet attack on 23 August 1918, during an advance by Australian troops in this vicinity. The big
A close up of the wrecked 15 inch naval gun, at Arcy Wood, near Chuignolles, captured by members of the 3rd Battalion in a bayonet attack on 23 August 1918, during an advance by Australian troops in t
An unidentified Australian soldier standing on top of the carriage of the wrecked 15 inch naval gun, at Arcy Wood, near Chuignolles, captured by members of the 3rd Battalion in a bayonet attack on 23
An unidentified Australian officer and two female civilians (right) viewing the ruins of the Chuignes Gun, a 15-inch German naval gun captured by the members of the 3rd Battalion during an Australian