| Accession Number | P11274.001 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
| Place made | Ottoman Empire: Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli |
| Date made | April - September 1915 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Portrait of a gun crew in action on Gallipoli Peninsula. The gun is part of 9 Battery, 3rd Field ...
Description
Portrait of a gun crew in action on Gallipoli Peninsula. The gun is part of 9 Battery, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade. A description of the action was written, on the back of the photograph, by 1943 Gunner (Gnr) Leslie Ainsworth.
"Gun firing almost at point of recoil. Before the gun is back in position breech will be open and the shell in its place. I am acting as No 2 that is on the right of gun. You can see how my hand is on the move toward the lever. Les Jones [2001 Gnr Leslie Roy Jones] is No 4 waiting with shell to load. Bob Woods [2054 Gnr Robert Herbert Wood] No 3 on seat opposite me and Alf Clennett [3309 Gnr Alfred James Clennett] No 1 he is setting a fuze...[indecipherable]... See how black we are."
Lieutenant Ainsworth returned to Australia in December 1918; Sergeant Jones, a clerk from Hobart, Tasmania, was killed in action in Belgium on 26 September 1917, aged 23; Gnr Wood was badly wounded and returned to Australia in October 1915; Corporal Clennett MM returned to Australia in October 1918.