| Accession Number | P02321.022 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Film copy negative |
| Maker |
Nott, H C |
| Date made | August 1915 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Anzac Cove, Gallipoli, Turkey, 1915-08. 347 Private (Pte) George Tostee (left), E Company, 10th ...
Description
Anzac Cove, Gallipoli, Turkey, 1915-08. 347 Private (Pte) George Tostee (left), E Company, 10th Infantry Battalion, demonstrates a periscope rifle he had invented to the battalion CO, Lieutenant Colonel Stanley Price Weir (right, with pipe in mouth), and other battalion officers. Pte Tostee is using two boxes to show how a soldier could fire the device over the parapet of a trench without exposing himself to enemy fire. The mechanism is a homemade invention of boxwood and wire. Credit for the original invention of the periscope rifle at Gallipoli is usually given to Sergeant William Beech.