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Grenade throwing, Bobdubi Ridge
Art
Maker: Hele, Ivor
Depicts Australian soldiers from the 58th/59th Australian Infantry Battalion throwing grenades to press forward an attack near an Old Vickers Position on Bobdubi Ridge, New Guinea on 28 July 1943. Hel...ART22556
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HARVEY, WESTERN AUSTRALIA. 1942-10-09. CROSSING A RIVER AT 3RD AUSTRALIAN CORPS TRAINING SCHOOL ...
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HARVEY, WESTERN AUSTRALIA. 1942-10-09. CROSSING A RIVER AT 3RD AUSTRALIAN CORPS TRAINING SCHOOL IN ASSAULT BOATS, WITH GRENADE BURSTS TO MAKE IT MORE REALISTIC.027252
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HARVEY, WESTERN AUSTRALIA. 1942-10-12. STUDENT OFFICER, LIEUTENANT C.R. WILSHIRE, OF ...
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HARVEY, WESTERN AUSTRALIA. 1942-10-12. STUDENT OFFICER, LIEUTENANT C.R. WILSHIRE, OF HEADQUARTERS, 3RD AUSTRALIAN CORPS, OPERATING RIFLE GRENADE DURING REFRESHER COURSE AT 3RD AUSTRALIAN CORPS TRAININ...027138
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HARVEY, WESTERN AUSTRALIA. 1942-10-09. TROOPS TAKING PART IN A COMBINED EXERCISE AT 3RD ...
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HARVEY, WESTERN AUSTRALIA. 1942-10-09. TROOPS TAKING PART IN A COMBINED EXERCISE AT 3RD AUSTRALIAN CORPS TRAINING SCHOOL TAKE COVER DURING AN ADVANCE IN A REALISTIC OPERATION IN WHICH LIVE AMMUNITION ...027262
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Heidelberg, Vic. 1944-04-24. A RAAF Aerodrome Defence Instructor coaching a class of Air Training ...
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Maker: Herald Newspaper
Heidelberg, Vic. 1944-04-24. A RAAF Aerodrome Defence Instructor coaching a class of Air Training Corps Cadets in the art of throwing hand grenades.140870
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Heidelberg, Vic. 1944-04-24. A RAAF Aerodrome Defence Instructor coaching a class of Air Training ...
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Maker: Herald Newspaper
Heidelberg, Vic. 1944-04-24. A RAAF Aerodrome Defence Instructor coaching a class of Air Training Corps Cadets in the art of throwing hand grenades.140866
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Hiro, Honshu, Japan, 1948-11-25. At centre, Lieutenant Colonel Ken Mackay, CO of the 67th ...
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Maker: Robertson, Ian
Hiro, Honshu, Japan, 1948-11-25. At centre, Lieutenant Colonel Ken Mackay, CO of the 67th Infantry Battalion, part of the Australian component of BCOF, instructs battalion members in the use of grenad...P01813.216
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Hiro, Honshu, Japan, 1948-11-25. At centre, two members of the 67th Infantry Battalion, part of ...
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Maker: Robertson, Ian
Hiro, Honshu, Japan, 1948-11-25. At centre, two members of the 67th Infantry Battalion, part of the Australian component of BCOF, practise the correct method for throwing grenades, while an instructor...P01813.221
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Hiro, Honshu, Japan, 1948-11-25. A warning sign erected on the perimeter of the Hiro grenade ...
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Maker: Robertson, Ian
Hiro, Honshu, Japan, 1948-11-25. A warning sign erected on the perimeter of the Hiro grenade range, which is used for training purposes by the 67th Infantry Battalion, part of the Australian component...P01813.219
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Hiro, Honshu, Japan, 1948-11-25. Members of the 67th Infantry Battalion, part of the Australian ...
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Maker: Robertson, Ian
Hiro, Honshu, Japan, 1948-11-25. Members of the 67th Infantry Battalion, part of the Australian component of BCOF, return grenades to a box after handling the weapons during a practical course of inst...P01813.218
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Hiro, Honshu, Japan, 1948-11-25. Members of the 67th Infantry Battalion, part of the Australian ...
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Maker: Robertson, Ian
Hiro, Honshu, Japan, 1948-11-25. Members of the 67th Infantry Battalion, part of the Australian component of BCOF, duck for cover behind sandbags as a grenade explodes at right. The soldiers are under...P01813.220
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Hiro, Honshu, Japan, 1948-11-25. Members of the 67th Infantry Battalion, part of the Australian ...
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Maker: Robertson, Ian
Hiro, Honshu, Japan, 1948-11-25. Members of the 67th Infantry Battalion, part of the Australian component of BCOF, handle grenades during a practical course of instruction at the Hiro grenade range. (...P01813.217
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Hiro, Honshu, Japan, 1948-11-25. While instructors look on, two members of the 67th Infantry ...
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Maker: Robertson, Ian
Hiro, Honshu, Japan, 1948-11-25. While instructors look on, two members of the 67th Infantry Battalion, part of the Australian component of BCOF, practise throwing grenades at the Hiro grenade range. ...P01813.222
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Issuing bandoliers and grenades, Namling Ridge
Art
Maker: Hele, Ivor
Australian soldiers of the 2/3rd Australian Independent Company being issued with bandoliers containing extra ammunition and grenades preparatory to an expected attack on their position on Namling Rid...ART22543
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KAIAPIT, NEW GUINEA. 1943-09-23. SX17685 LANCE CORPORAL A. H. CLAYTON OF "D" COMPANY, 2/27TH ...
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Maker: Stuckey, Norman Bradford
KAIAPIT, NEW GUINEA. 1943-09-23. SX17685 LANCE CORPORAL A. H. CLAYTON OF "D" COMPANY, 2/27TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION PRIMES SOME HAND GRENADES IN PREPARATION FOR A PATROL. NOTE OLD BELL AND MISS...057520
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KAIAPIT, NEW GUINEA, 1943-09-22. VX67599 SERGEANT A.L. MILLER OF THE 2/6TH AUSTRALIAN INDEPENDENT ...
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Maker: Stuckey, Norman Bradford
KAIAPIT, NEW GUINEA, 1943-09-22. VX67599 SERGEANT A.L. MILLER OF THE 2/6TH AUSTRALIAN INDEPENDENT COMPANY, IN A JAPANESE BUNKER. HE CLEARED THESE BUNKERS WITH GRENADES, KILLING AT LEAST 3 JAPANESE SOL...057503
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KAIRI, QLD. 1944-12-01. MAJOR GENERAL E. J. MILFORD, GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING 7TH DIVISION, ...
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KAIRI, QLD. 1944-12-01. MAJOR GENERAL E. J. MILFORD, GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING 7TH DIVISION, WATCHES DENSE SMOKE FROM A NO. 77 WP (WHITE PHOSPHORUS) MKI HAND GRENADE THROWN BY HIM DURING DEMONSTRATIO...083909
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KAIRI, QUEENSLAND. 1944-12-01. SMOKE EMERGING FROM DENSE JUNGLE A FEW SECONDS AFTER A NO. 77 WP ...
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KAIRI, QUEENSLAND. 1944-12-01. SMOKE EMERGING FROM DENSE JUNGLE A FEW SECONDS AFTER A NO. 77 WP (WHITE PHOSPHOROUS) MK I HAND GRENADE HAD BEEN THROWN DURING A DEMONSTRATION AT HEADQUARTERS 7 DIVISION.083906
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KAIRI, QUEENSLAND. 1944-12-01. SMOKE EMERGING FROM DENSE JUNGLE A FEW SECONDS AFTER A NO. 77 WP ...
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KAIRI, QUEENSLAND. 1944-12-01. SMOKE EMERGING FROM DENSE JUNGLE A FEW SECONDS AFTER A NO. 77 WP (WHITE PHOSPHOROUS) MK I HAND GRENADE HAD BEEN THROWN DURING A DEMONSTRATION AT HEADQUARTERS 7 DIVISION.083907
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KATHERINE RIVER, NT. 1943-10-09. SERGEANT R. ARMSTRONG (1) OF HEADQUARTERS, NO. 14A LINES OF ...
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Maker: Martin, William Donald
KATHERINE RIVER, NT. 1943-10-09. SERGEANT R. ARMSTRONG (1) OF HEADQUARTERS, NO. 14A LINES OF COMMUNICATIONS AREA, LECTURING ON HAND GRENADES. SHOWN ARE:- NX113158 PRIVATE J. RAWCLIFFE (3); NX164230 CR...058437
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KATHERINE RIVER, NT. 1943-10-09. SERGEANT R. ARMSTRONG (1) OF HEADQUARTERS, NO. 14A LINES OF ...
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Maker: Martin, William Donald
KATHERINE RIVER, NT. 1943-10-09. SERGEANT R. ARMSTRONG (1) OF HEADQUARTERS, NO. 14A LINES OF COMMUNICATIONS AREA LECTURES ON THROWING HAND GRENADES. SHOWN ARE:- NX113158 PRIVATE J. RAWCLIFFE (5); N167...058438
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KATHERINE RIVER, NT. 1943-10-01 TO 1943-10-08. SERGEANT J. MARSHALL OF THE NORTH AUSTRALIAN ...
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Maker: Martin, William Donald
KATHERINE RIVER, NT. 1943-10-01 TO 1943-10-08. SERGEANT J. MARSHALL OF THE NORTH AUSTRALIAN OBSERVER UNIT, PREPARING TO FIRE A SMOKE GRENADE.058464
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Kelliher, V.C.
Art
Maker: Browning, George Julian
Depicting QX20656 Private Richard Kelliher, VC, throwing grenades in the action that gained him the Victoria Cross at Nadzab, New Guinea. A sketch for a painting drawn from an account by Captain Whita...ART25999
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Kelliher, V.C
Art
Maker: Browning, George Julian
Depicting QX20656 Private Richard Kelliher, VC, throwing grenades in the action that gained him the Victoria Cross at Nadzab, New Guinea. A sketch for a painting drawn from an account by Captain Whita...ART26001
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KIARIVU, NEW GUINEA, 1945-08-15. PRIVATE J.A. GITTENS (1) AND PRIVATE G. WILLIAMSON (2), MEMBERS ...
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KIARIVU, NEW GUINEA, 1945-08-15. PRIVATE J.A. GITTENS (1) AND PRIVATE G. WILLIAMSON (2), MEMBERS OF 2/7 INFANTRY BATTALION, EXAMINING A BLAST BOMB THAT FAILED TO EXPLODE WHEN THROWN IN A COMPANY PERIM...095429
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KUCHING, SARAWAK, BORNEO. 1945-09-22. KUCHING FORCE. JAPANESE TROOPS LINED UP WITH GEAR AFTER ...
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KUCHING, SARAWAK, BORNEO. 1945-09-22. KUCHING FORCE. JAPANESE TROOPS LINED UP WITH GEAR AFTER INSPECTION. AT REAR IS THE PILE OF SURRENDERED ARMS AND EQUIPMENT INCLUDING RIFLES, MACHINE GUNS, BAYONETS...118548
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LABUAN ISLAND. 21 JUNE 1945. LIEUTENANT F W MORCOM, OFFICER COMMANDING 5 BOMB DISPOSAL PLATOON, ...
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LABUAN ISLAND. 21 JUNE 1945. LIEUTENANT F W MORCOM, OFFICER COMMANDING 5 BOMB DISPOSAL PLATOON, SEARCHING THE BODY OF A JAPANESE SOLDIER FOR GRENADES OR EXPLOSIVES. AN ENEMY PARTY INFILTRATED INTO THE...109697
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LABUAN ISLAND. 21 JUNE 1945. LIEUTENANT F W MORCOM, OFFICER COMMANDING 5 BOMB DISPOSAL PLATOON, ...
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LABUAN ISLAND. 21 JUNE 1945. LIEUTENANT F W MORCOM, OFFICER COMMANDING 5 BOMB DISPOSAL PLATOON, SEARCHING THE BODY OF A JAPANESE SOLDIER FOR GRENADES OR EXPLOSIVES. AN ENEMY PARTY INFILTRATED INTO THE...109696
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LABUAN, NORTH BORNEO. C. 1945-08. GRENADES PLACED IN BELLYTANKS MAKE SCORCHING FIRE-BOMBS, WHICH ...
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Maker: Harrison, John Thomas
LABUAN, NORTH BORNEO. C. 1945-08. GRENADES PLACED IN BELLYTANKS MAKE SCORCHING FIRE-BOMBS, WHICH ARE REGULARLY BEING DROPPED ON THE JAPANESE BY MOSQUITO AIRCRAFT OF NO. 1 SQUADRON RAAF, NOW OPERATING ...OG3210
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Let 'em have it!
Art
Maker: Unknown Department of Information Unknown
Depicts the heroic figure of a soldier in monochromatic shades of red, holding a hand grenade in his right hand, and preparing to throw it at the enemy. His body is twisted like a spring, and he is s...ARTV04418
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LIEUT. GENERAL R.L. EICHELBERGER AND GENERAL SIR THOMAS BLAMEY INSPECT A JAP PILLBOX NEAR BUNA. ...
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Maker: Bottomley, Clifford
LIEUT. GENERAL R.L. EICHELBERGER AND GENERAL SIR THOMAS BLAMEY INSPECT A JAP PILLBOX NEAR BUNA. IT'S RESISTANCE PARTIALLY OVERCOME BY TANKS, THE PILLBOX WAS SILENCED BY ALLIED TROOPS WHO PULLED AWAY T...014093
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LOS NEGROS ISLAND, ADMIRALTY ISLANDS. 1944-03-18. SITTING IN A JEEP, FLYING OFFICER F. O'KEEFE, ...
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Maker: Harrison, John Thomas
LOS NEGROS ISLAND, ADMIRALTY ISLANDS. 1944-03-18. SITTING IN A JEEP, FLYING OFFICER F. O'KEEFE, NSW, ONE OF THE OFFICERS WITH THE FIRST MAIN PARTY OF RAAF TO GO ASHORE AT MOMOTE. HE HAD TO EXPLODE A L...OG0795
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MADANG, NEW GUINEA. 1944-05-21. A JAPANESE PRISONER OF WAR BEING MOVED FROM AN AMBULANCE TO HMAS ...
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MADANG, NEW GUINEA. 1944-05-21. A JAPANESE PRISONER OF WAR BEING MOVED FROM AN AMBULANCE TO HMAS KAPUNDA WHICH IS MOORED ALONGSIDE THE WHARF. THE PRISONER, ONE OF A NUMBER CAPTURED AT MADANG AIRFIELD,...073381
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MADANG, NEW GUINEA. 1944-08-25. AN AUSTRALIAN NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT WARRANT OFFICER, A ...
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MADANG, NEW GUINEA. 1944-08-25. AN AUSTRALIAN NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT WARRANT OFFICER, A PATIENT IN THE 2/11TH AUSTRALIAN GENERAL HOSPITAL, WHO WAS WOUNDED BY A HAND GRENADE WHEN HIS PARTY ATTA...075536
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MADANG, NEW GUINEA. 1944-06-17. TROOPS PARTICIPATING IN THE HAND GRENADE THROWING EVENT DURING ...
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Maker: Frazer, Alton Lyall
MADANG, NEW GUINEA. 1944-06-17. TROOPS PARTICIPATING IN THE HAND GRENADE THROWING EVENT DURING THE TABLOID SPORTS MEETING CONDUCTED BY HEADQUARTERS 15TH INFANTRY BRIGADE WITHIN THE SIAR PLANTATION. LE...073963
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MELBOURNE, VIC. 1943-01-20. INVENTOR MR REG GLEADALL, OF EASTERN AVENUE, ELWOOD, A COMMERCIAL ...
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Maker: Herald Newspaper
MELBOURNE, VIC. 1943-01-20. INVENTOR MR REG GLEADALL, OF EASTERN AVENUE, ELWOOD, A COMMERCIAL TRAVELLER IN CIVILIAN LIFE, WHO HAS HAD NUMEROUS INVENTIONS ACCEPTED BY THE ARMY INVENTIONS DIRECTORATE. H...137635
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53 1/2 MILE POINT, STUART HIGHWAY, NORTHERN TERRITORY, AUSTRALIA. 1944-07-28. TROOPS OF THE 16TH ...
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53 1/2 MILE POINT, STUART HIGHWAY, NORTHERN TERRITORY, AUSTRALIA. 1944-07-28. TROOPS OF THE 16TH INFANTRY BATTALION THROWING HAND GRENADES FROM A SAFETY PIT WHILE DOING THE ASSAULT COURSE TRIAL. IDENT...067792
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53 1/2 MILE POINT, STUART HIGHWAY, NORTHERN TERRITORY, AUSTRALIA. 1944-07-28. TROOPS OF THE 16TH ...
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53 1/2 MILE POINT, STUART HIGHWAY, NORTHERN TERRITORY, AUSTRALIA. 1944-07-28. TROOPS OF THE 16TH INFANTRY BATTALION SHELTERING IN A SAFETY PIT WHILE THEIR HAND GRENADES EXPLODE DURING AN ASSAULT COURS...067793
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Mk 1A1 Training Grenade
Technology
Maker: Unknown
The grenade body is made of cast iron and is painted black and has no fuze. Markings - '4'.REL37054
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Model 35 Grenade
Technology
Maker: Breda
Italian Model 35 hand grenade. The grenade body is in two parts and features a cylindrical cup-shape base with a rolled on thread which mates with a similar thread rolled on to the flange of the coned...REL/02080
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Model 1924 Stick Hand Grenade
Technology
Maker: Unknown
Model 1924 [Stielgranate 24 (StiGr 24)] stick hand grenade made from metal and wood. The grenade has a wooden handle that is hollowed out in the middle to contain the fusing mechanism. The warhead is ...REL24253
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MOROTAI ISLAND. 1945-05-17. CAPTAIN T.S. MONKS, BRITISH BORNEO CIVIL AFFAIRS UNIT (1), LIEUTENANT ...
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MOROTAI ISLAND. 1945-05-17. CAPTAIN T.S. MONKS, BRITISH BORNEO CIVIL AFFAIRS UNIT (1), LIEUTENANT D.W. ATKINS, 2/23 INFANTRY BATTALION (2), AND LIEUTENANT J. GREGORY, 17 ADVANCED ORDNANCE DEPOT (3). L...092241
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MOROTAI, 1945-11-27. 65TH BATTALION. NX128812 LIEUTENANT N. I. C. CAMERON (GLEN INNES, NSW), ...
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MOROTAI, 1945-11-27. 65TH BATTALION. NX128812 LIEUTENANT N. I. C. CAMERON (GLEN INNES, NSW), GIVES HAND GRENADE INSTRUCTIONS TO AN NCO CADRE CLASS. (PHOTOGRAPHER SSGT R. L. STEWART)121029
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MUGHAZI, PALESTINE. 1941-12-18. A 68 GRENADE FIRED FROM A RIFLE EXPLODING ON A TANK DURING A ...
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Maker: Sanders, William Charles
MUGHAZI, PALESTINE. 1941-12-18. A 68 GRENADE FIRED FROM A RIFLE EXPLODING ON A TANK DURING A DEMONSTRATION OF BATTLE TRAINING BY PERSONNEL OF THE A.I.F. REINFORCEMENT DEPOT.022302
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MUGHAZI, PALESTINE. 1941-12-18. LIVE WEAPONS, INCLUDING BOMBS, GRENADES, MORTARS, BANGALORE ...
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MUGHAZI, PALESTINE. 1941-12-18. LIVE WEAPONS, INCLUDING BOMBS, GRENADES, MORTARS, BANGALORE TORPEDOES AND RIFLE AMMUNITION WERE USED DURING THE EXHIBITION OF BATTLE PRACTICE GIVEN AT THE A.I.F. REINFO...022293
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MUNITIONS. HAND GRENADES BEING ASSEMBLED IN A NEW ZEALAND FACTORY.
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Maker: Unknown
MUNITIONS. HAND GRENADES BEING ASSEMBLED IN A NEW ZEALAND FACTORY.007198
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NADZAB, NEW GUINEA. 1944-05-25. VX48166 CORPORAL R N BEATTY, NON COMMISSIONED OFFICER IN CHARGE ...
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NADZAB, NEW GUINEA. 1944-05-25. VX48166 CORPORAL R N BEATTY, NON COMMISSIONED OFFICER IN CHARGE OF PACKING AT THE 3RD AIR MAINTENANCE COMPANY (1), ADJUSTS ROPES ON A SMALL ARMS AMMUNITION PACK. ON THE...073398
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New Britain. An Aussie meets a Yank, but both wear fur felt hats. The American is Private First ...
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Maker: Dick, Harold George
New Britain. An Aussie meets a Yank, but both wear fur felt hats. The American is Private First Class (Pfc) Rocky De Sola, US Army, of New York, and the Australian is Gunner W. J. Harper of Bondi, NSW...016319
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New Guinea drama in still life
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Cape Endaidaire, Papua. Narrative including stills of a Japanese soldier committing suicide at Buna. The soldier is shown in shallow water placing a grenade to his head and detonating it. Photographed...F00814
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NEW GUINEA. FOOD IN THE FRONT LINE. PRACTICAL EVIDENCE OF THE WORK OF OPERATIVES IN PREPARING ...
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Maker: Dick, Harold George
NEW GUINEA. FOOD IN THE FRONT LINE. PRACTICAL EVIDENCE OF THE WORK OF OPERATIVES IN PREPARING SPECIAL PACKS FOR TROOPS OPERATING IN FORWARD JUNGLE AREAS. TAKEN AT GOODVIEW JUNCTION THIS PICTURE SHOWS ...015755