Australian gunners, stripped to the waist, serving a 9.2-inch heavy howitzer as it fires on Pozieres. During 1916, artillery came to be seen as the dominating factor on the battlefield. It caused more casualties than any other weapon and no advance could succeed without increasing quantities of shells. © IWM.
Mosman Library has joined the First World War Centenary Partnership led by the British Imperial War Museums, and your group might like to join too.
The Partnership, currently numbering about 1,000, is open to non-commercial organisations with an interest in and aspirations for Centenary activity, including museums, archives, libraries, special interest groups, universities, colleges, schools and community groups.
Australian members include the Australian War Memorial, institutions like the NAA and places like Melbourne’s Shrine of Remembrance.
The IWM is offering partners free photographs and video from its collection, among other resources, but perhaps the principal benefit is access to a members-only website where you can share information with centenary projects around the world.
Learn more at www.1914.org/partners