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ADELAIDE RIVER, NT. 1943-09-04. LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN WILLIAMS OF THE RAAF COMPETING IN THE GRENADE ...
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Maker: Martin, William Donald
ADELAIDE RIVER, NT. 1943-09-04. LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN WILLIAMS OF THE RAAF COMPETING IN THE GRENADE THROWING COMPETITION AT THE COMBINED NAVY, ARMY, AIR FORCE SPORTS MEETING.056389
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ADELAIDE RIVER, NT. 1943-09-04. PRIVATE BRENNAN, AIF, COMPETING IN THE GRENADE THROWING ...
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Maker: Martin, William Donald
ADELAIDE RIVER, NT. 1943-09-04. PRIVATE BRENNAN, AIF, COMPETING IN THE GRENADE THROWING COMPETITION AT THE COMBINED NAVY, ARMY, AIR FORCE SPORTS MEETING.056390
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ADELAIDE RIVER, NT. 1943-09-04. THE NAVY, ARMY AND AIR FORCE HELD A COMBINE SPORTS MEETING IN ...
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Maker: Martin, William Donald
ADELAIDE RIVER, NT. 1943-09-04. THE NAVY, ARMY AND AIR FORCE HELD A COMBINE SPORTS MEETING IN EARLY SEPTEMBER. PHOTOGRAPH SHOWS ABLE SEAMAN LYONS, RAN, COMPETING IN THE GRENADE THROWING COMPETITION.056388
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ADELAIDE RIVER, NT. 1943-09-04. VX121085 WARRANT OFFICER 2 A. HAINES OF THE 5TH AUSTRALIAN ...
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Maker: Martin, William Donald
ADELAIDE RIVER, NT. 1943-09-04. VX121085 WARRANT OFFICER 2 A. HAINES OF THE 5TH AUSTRALIAN ADVANCED AMMUNITION DEPOT INSPECTING A HAND GRENADE IN HIS MOBILE LABORATORY, AT THE 51ST AUSTRALIAN FIELD AM...056539
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AT SEA, EN ROUTE TO BALIKPAPAN. 29 JUNE 1945. MEMBERS OF 2/10 INFANTRY BATTALION PRIMING HAND ...
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AT SEA, EN ROUTE TO BALIKPAPAN. 29 JUNE 1945. MEMBERS OF 2/10 INFANTRY BATTALION PRIMING HAND GRENADES ABOARD LANDING SHIP, TANK (LST) 740, EN ROUTE TO BALIKPAPAN FOR THE OBOE 2 OPERATION.110316
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AT SEA, MOROTAI - TARAKAN. 1945-04-29. MEMBERS OF 2/4 COMMANDO SQUADRON PRIMING GRENADES DURING ...
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AT SEA, MOROTAI - TARAKAN. 1945-04-29. MEMBERS OF 2/4 COMMANDO SQUADRON PRIMING GRENADES DURING PREPARATION FOR THEIR LANDING ON SADAU ISLAND THE NEXT DAY. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- LANCE-CORPORAL K....090874
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BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO, 4 AUGUST 1945. PRIVATE L R BRAY, MEDICAL ORDERLY, TAKING THE PULSE OF A ...
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BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO, 4 AUGUST 1945. PRIVATE L R BRAY, MEDICAL ORDERLY, TAKING THE PULSE OF A JAPANESE PRISONER OF WAR, WHO IS A PATIENT IN 2/3 CASUALTY CLEARING STATION. WOUNDED BY A GRENADE HE IS IN A...112713
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BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO. 20 JULY 1945. TROOPER A. QUINTRELL, 2/3RD COMMANDO SQUADRON, 2/7TH CAVALRY ...
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BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO. 20 JULY 1945. TROOPER A. QUINTRELL, 2/3RD COMMANDO SQUADRON, 2/7TH CAVALRY (COMMANDO) REGIMENT (1) COVERING A MEMBER OF HIS UNIT, LANCE CORPORAL D. J. ROBERTS (2) AS HE SETS A GREN...111726
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BARDIA, LIBYA. 1941-01-08. A SOLDIER OF THE 6TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION WITH A SPECIAL KIND OF ...
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BARDIA, LIBYA. 1941-01-08. A SOLDIER OF THE 6TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION WITH A SPECIAL KIND OF ITALIAN ANTI-TANK "COCKTAIL", CONSISTING OF A BOTTLE OF PETROL WITH A HAND GRENADE TIED TO THE BOTTOM. THE IT...041689
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BATHURST, NSW. 1944-04-18. NON COMMISSIONED OFFICERS BEING INSTRUCTED IN THE HANDLING OF THE HAND ...
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Maker: Johnston, Eric Charles
BATHURST, NSW. 1944-04-18. NON COMMISSIONED OFFICERS BEING INSTRUCTED IN THE HANDLING OF THE HAND GRENADE CUP DISCHARGER USED IN THE LEE-ENFIELD .303 RIFLE, AT THE 16TH INFANTRY TRAINING BATTALION. LE...065931
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BISIATABU, NEW GUINEA. 1944-05-23. 140 CORPORAL DANGORO (2), INSTRUCTING NATIVE TROOPS OF THE ...
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BISIATABU, NEW GUINEA. 1944-05-23. 140 CORPORAL DANGORO (2), INSTRUCTING NATIVE TROOPS OF THE PAPUAN INFANTRY BATTALION ON THE COMPONENT PARTS AND OPERATION OF A HAND GRENADE. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE...073371
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BISIATABU, NEW GUINEA. 1944-05-23. MEMBERS OF THE PAPUAN INFANTRY BATTALION RECEIVING TRAINING IN ...
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BISIATABU, NEW GUINEA. 1944-05-23. MEMBERS OF THE PAPUAN INFANTRY BATTALION RECEIVING TRAINING IN THE CORRECT METHOD OF THROWING A HAND GRENADE. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- 580 PRIVATE MARUPE (1); 548 ...073372
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BLANCHE BAY, RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-10-03. JAPANESE TROOPS LOADING CASES OF GRENADES ONTO ...
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BLANCHE BAY, RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-10-03. JAPANESE TROOPS LOADING CASES OF GRENADES ONTO TRUCKS. THEY WILL BE TRANSPORTED TO A BARGE POINT FOR DUMPING AT SEA UNDER 28 INFANTRY BATTALION SUPERVISIO...097485
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Blasting with the Bazooka (News From Home. No. 69)
Film
The United States Army Bazooka is shown for the first time along with rifle grenades in a pattern of destruction.F00761
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Bomb thrower
Art
Maker: Dadswell, Lyndon
Depicts a soldier in uniform with a grenade in one hand that he is about to throw. A bronze edition was cast in 1985.ART26394
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BONEGILLA, AUSTRALIA. 1943-03. A SCREEN FROM SMOKE GRENADES FIRED FROM .303 RIFLES AT LAND ...
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BONEGILLA, AUSTRALIA. 1943-03. A SCREEN FROM SMOKE GRENADES FIRED FROM .303 RIFLES AT LAND HEADQUARTERS GAS SCHOOL. THESE WERE FIRED TO GIVE WIND INDICATIONS TO THE PILOT OF A PLANE WHO IS TO LAY A SM...029583
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BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-05-21. CORPORAL G. REED, 58/59 INFANTRY BATTALION, EXAMINING A .303 INCH RIFLE ...
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BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-05-21. CORPORAL G. REED, 58/59 INFANTRY BATTALION, EXAMINING A .303 INCH RIFLE WITH ITS WOODWORK SPLIT BY JAPANESE ARTILLERY. HE DIVED FOR COVER WHEN THE ARTILLERY OPENED UP AND SHR...092489
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BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-04-17. PRIVATE R.R. COOK, 24 INFANTRY BATTALION (2), SHOWING A TOBACCO TIN ...
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BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-04-17. PRIVATE R.R. COOK, 24 INFANTRY BATTALION (2), SHOWING A TOBACCO TIN THROUGH WHICH SHRAPNEL FROM A GRENADE ENTERED HIS LEG, TO HIS FRIEND PRIVATE H. WASHUSEN (1). HE RECEIVED ...091027
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BOUGAINVILLE, SOLOMON ISLAND. 1945-03-28. THE BODY OF A JAPANESE SOLDIER WHO HAD COMMITTED ...
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BOUGAINVILLE, SOLOMON ISLAND. 1945-03-28. THE BODY OF A JAPANESE SOLDIER WHO HAD COMMITTED SUICIDE (USING A GRENADE AGAINST HIS STOMACH) AFTER UNSUCCESSFULLY ATTEMPTING TO DESTROY A 25 POUNDER GUN POS...079991
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Breda Model 35 High Explosive Hand Grenade
Technology
Maker: Breda
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 top. Two diametrically opposed...REL34877
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Brencassi (Brankossi), Thailand. c. October 1945. Informal group portrait of Leading Aircraftman ...
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Maker: War Graves Commission Survey Party, 1945
Brencassi (Brankossi), Thailand. c. October 1945. Informal group portrait of Leading Aircraftman (LAC) Simpson, LAC R. McGregor and a Japanese train crew after a succesful fishing trip using Japanese ...P01910.016
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BROADMEADOWS, VIC. 1943-08-16. DEMONSTRATION OF SMOKE SCREEN PROJECTILES BY CHEMICAL WARFARE ...
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BROADMEADOWS, VIC. 1943-08-16. DEMONSTRATION OF SMOKE SCREEN PROJECTILES BY CHEMICAL WARFARE SECTION. PHOTOGRAPH SHOWS SMOKE SCREEN LAID DOWN BY A TYPE 63 RIFLE GRENADE, SMOKE (AUSTRALIAN).055324
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BROADMEADOWS, VIC. 1943-08-16. DEMONSTRATION OF SMOKE SCREEN PROJECTILES BY CHEMICAL WARFARE ...
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BROADMEADOWS, VIC. 1943-08-16. DEMONSTRATION OF SMOKE SCREEN PROJECTILES BY CHEMICAL WARFARE SECTION. PHOTOGRAPH SHOWS SMOKE SCREEN LAID DOWN BY A TYPE 63 RIFLE GRENADE, SMOKE (AUSTRALIAN).055321
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BROADMEADOWS, VIC. 1943-08-16. DEMONSTRATION OF SMOKE SCREEN PROJECTILES BY CHEMICAL WARFARE ...
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BROADMEADOWS, VIC. 1943-08-16. DEMONSTRATION OF SMOKE SCREEN PROJECTILES BY CHEMICAL WARFARE SECTION. PHOTOGRAPH SHOWS SMOKE SCREEN LAID DOWN BY A TYPE 63 RIFLE GRENADE, SMOKE (AUSTRALIAN).055323
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BROADMEADOWS, VIC. 1943-08-16. TYPE 63 RIFLE GRENADE, SMOKE (AUSTRALIAN) LEAVES A TRAIL OF SMOKE ...
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BROADMEADOWS, VIC. 1943-08-16. TYPE 63 RIFLE GRENADE, SMOKE (AUSTRALIAN) LEAVES A TRAIL OF SMOKE AFTER FIRING DURING A DEMONSTRATION OF SMOKE SCREEN PROJECTILES BY CHEMICAL WARFARE SECTION.055322
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BROADMEADOWS, VIC, 1945-06-12. TYPES OF SMOKE GENERATORS USED IN THE AUSTRALIAN ARMY ON SHOW AT ...
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BROADMEADOWS, VIC, 1945-06-12. TYPES OF SMOKE GENERATORS USED IN THE AUSTRALIAN ARMY ON SHOW AT LHQ AUSTRALIAN ARMY ORDNANCE CORPS SCHOOL (AMMUNITION WING). SHOWN: GRENADE SMOKE, 2.5 IN NO.63 (1); GEN...108763
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Buna tank action
Film
Maker: Carty, William Montague
Attacking Japanese pill boxes at Buna, Papua. General Stuart tanks of the 2/6 Armoured Regiment moving in. Identified personnel: Brigadier Wootten, Lieutenant Colonel C R Hodgson, Captain Whitehead. A...F01813
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CANBERRA, ACT. 1944-07-12. A DISPLAY IN A WINDOW RECESS AT THE AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL CONTAINING ...
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Maker: McInnes, Geoffrey
CANBERRA, ACT. 1944-07-12. A DISPLAY IN A WINDOW RECESS AT THE AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL CONTAINING HAND AND RIFLE GRENADES.086864
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CAPE PUS, WEWAK AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1945-09-07. MEMBERS OF 2/6 INFANTRY BATTALION ON A FISHING ...
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CAPE PUS, WEWAK AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1945-09-07. MEMBERS OF 2/6 INFANTRY BATTALION ON A FISHING PARTY, WATCH THE FOAMY SPOT IN THE WATER CAUSED BY THE GRENADE THEY HAD THROWN IN. THEY ARE ABOUT TO MOVE I...096182
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Carry box for Number 74 'sticky bomb' anti tank hand grenades
Technology
Maker: Unknown
Green rectangular steel box with rounded corners used to store and transport five Number 74 'sticky bomb' anti tank grenades. The box is hinged at three points and opens through 180 degrees into two h...REL29714
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DAGUA, NEW GUINEA. 1945-03-27. PRIVATE R.E. BYERS, 2/2 INFANTRY BATTALION (1), GIVES A LIGHT TO ...
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DAGUA, NEW GUINEA. 1945-03-27. PRIVATE R.E. BYERS, 2/2 INFANTRY BATTALION (1), GIVES A LIGHT TO LANCE-CORPORAL A.B. DAWSON (2), WHO WAS WOUNDED WHEN A JAPANESE THREW A GRENADE AT CLOSE RANGE.090152
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DANBULLA, ATHERTON TABLELAND, QUEENSLAND. 1945-04-17. DURING FLAME WARFARE EXERCISES CONDUCTED BY ...
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DANBULLA, ATHERTON TABLELAND, QUEENSLAND. 1945-04-17. DURING FLAME WARFARE EXERCISES CONDUCTED BY HEADQUARTERS 7 DIVISION A FLAME THROWER, SUPPORTED BY SMOKE GRENADES, ATTACKS A FOX HOLE.088835
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DANBULLA, ATHERTON TABLELAND, QUEENSLAND. 1945-04-17. SMOKE GRENADE GIVES GOOD SCREENING COVER ...
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DANBULLA, ATHERTON TABLELAND, QUEENSLAND. 1945-04-17. SMOKE GRENADE GIVES GOOD SCREENING COVER FOR TROOPS AS THEY ADVANCE TO ATTACK POSITION ON HILL DURING FLAME WARFARE EXERCISES CONDUCTED BY HEADQUA...088839
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Distinguished Conduct Medal : Sergeant D R Taylor, 2/7 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Distinguished Conduct Medal (Geo VI). Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL/10640.001
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DUMPU, NEW GUINEA, 1943-10-15. VX75884 PRIVATE K. KILPATRICK, A PATIENT OF THE 2/6TH AUSTRALIAN ...
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Maker: Stuckey, Norman Bradford
DUMPU, NEW GUINEA, 1943-10-15. VX75884 PRIVATE K. KILPATRICK, A PATIENT OF THE 2/6TH AUSTRALIAN FIELD AMBULANCE SHOWING HIS TIN HAT WHICH WAS RIDDLED BY FRAGMENTS OF A JAPANESE HAND GRENADE.058799
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DUMPU, NEW GUINEA, 1943-10-15. VX75884 PRIVATE K. KILPATRICK OF NORTHCOTE, VIC, A PATIENT OF THE ...
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Maker: Stuckey, Norman Bradford
DUMPU, NEW GUINEA, 1943-10-15. VX75884 PRIVATE K. KILPATRICK OF NORTHCOTE, VIC, A PATIENT OF THE 2/6TH AUSTRALIAN FIELD AMBULANCE SHOWING HIS TIN HAT WHICH WAS RIDDLED BY FRAGMENTS OF A JAPANESE HAND ...058800
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During the advance on Salamaua VX89711 Sergeant Gordon Raymond Charles Ayre (later MM) a 58/59th ...
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Maker: Parer, Damien Peter
During the advance on Salamaua VX89711 Sergeant Gordon Raymond Charles Ayre (later MM) a 58/59th Battalion bandsman in charge of stretcher bearers, from Shepparton, Victoria, in pouring rain assists a...015836
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ETA JIMA, JAPAN. 1947-04-11. INTERIOR OF A CAVE CONTAINING MORTAR BOMBS AND GRENADES AT THE BCOF ...
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Maker: Freeman, William Harry
ETA JIMA, JAPAN. 1947-04-11. INTERIOR OF A CAVE CONTAINING MORTAR BOMBS AND GRENADES AT THE BCOF BASE AMMUNITIONS DEPOT AT KIRIGUSHI. THE OUTER WALLS ARE CONCRETE WITH A WOODEN INNER COMPARTMENT. THE ...132768
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Every soldier must learn how to throw grenades. As these are usually thrown from behind cover or ...
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Maker: Dunston, R
Every soldier must learn how to throw grenades. As these are usually thrown from behind cover or from a trench the men in training are taught to throw the grenades over a net 20 feet high. The average...012093
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F88C Steyr (Bullpup) + Cordited (MS.WWII) Handgrenades (Pineapples) Solomon Islands/Guadalcanal, Gifu + Hell's Point
Art
Maker: eX de Medici
An F88 Steyr, the rifle used by the ADF, lies on a bed of grenades that have had the cordite removed. The grenades represent Hell's Point, the site of the battle of Tenaru in 1942 and now the decommis...ART94157
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FINISTERRE RANGES, NEW GUINEA. 1944-01-23. QX38244 PRIVATE J.T. CARRIGAN OF "D" COMPANY, 2/9TH ...
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Maker: Stuckey, Norman Bradford
FINISTERRE RANGES, NEW GUINEA. 1944-01-23. QX38244 PRIVATE J.T. CARRIGAN OF "D" COMPANY, 2/9TH INFANTRY BATTALION WITH A "BLOCKBUSTER" WHICH IS USED FOR BLASTING ENEMY PILLBOXES. IT CONSISTS OF A HAND...064242
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FISHERMEN'S BEND, VIC. 1942-07. LOOKING THROUGH THE TURRET OF A GERMAN ARMOURED SCOUT CAR SHOWING ...
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FISHERMEN'S BEND, VIC. 1942-07. LOOKING THROUGH THE TURRET OF A GERMAN ARMOURED SCOUT CAR SHOWING THE SCREEN MESH DESIGHED AS A PROTECTION AGAINST GRENADES. THE CAR, CAPTURED BY THE AIF IN LIBYA, WAS ...025556
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GERALDTON, AUSTRALIA. 1942-11-17. A BREN GUNNER OF THE 2/11TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION ...
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GERALDTON, AUSTRALIA. 1942-11-17. A BREN GUNNER OF THE 2/11TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION DEFENDING A VILLAGE THROUGH SMOKE BOMBS AND HAND GRENADE BURSTS, DURING FIELD EXERCISES.028836
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GERALDTON, AUSTRALIA. 1942-11-17. PRIVATE F.R. WATSON, 2/11TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION, ...
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GERALDTON, AUSTRALIA. 1942-11-17. PRIVATE F.R. WATSON, 2/11TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION, THROWING HAND GRENADES DURING AN "ATTACK" ON A VILLAGE, PART OF THE FIELD EXERCISES CARRIED OUT BY THE BATT...028837
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GOODVIEW, NEW GUINEA, 1943-08-11. TROOPS OF "C" COMPANY, 2/7TH BATTALION PREPARING HAND GRENADES. ...
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Maker: Buchanan, Robert John
GOODVIEW, NEW GUINEA, 1943-08-11. TROOPS OF "C" COMPANY, 2/7TH BATTALION PREPARING HAND GRENADES. LEFT TO RIGHT:- VX59231 PRIVATE D. WHITLOW; VX23562 PRIVATE J. A. POWELL; N33405 PRIVATE R. L. REBERGE...055617
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GORDONVALE, QLD. 1944-03-03. QX53202 CAPTAIN R.D. MCINNES OF THE 25TH INFANTRY BATTALION 7TH ...
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Maker: McInnes, Geoffrey
GORDONVALE, QLD. 1944-03-03. QX53202 CAPTAIN R.D. MCINNES OF THE 25TH INFANTRY BATTALION 7TH INFANTRY BRIGADE, 3RD DIVISION, DISPLAYING THE GRAPNEL WHICH IS ATTACHED TO THE RIFLE GRENADE. A LIGHT COTT...065497
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Grenade No 36M Mk 1
Technology
A No 36M Mark 1 HE (high explosive) grenade for booby trap use. The No 36M grenade is essentially the same as a No 36 HE grenade except the 36M was fitted with an instantaneous detonator rather than t...REL/09539.001
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Grenade No 36M Mk 1
Technology
A No 36M Mark 1 HE (high explosive) grenade for booby trap use. The No 36M grenade is essentially the same as a No 36 HE grenade except the 36M was fitted with an instantaneous detonator rather than t...REL/09540.001
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Grenade thrower
Art
Maker: Hinder, Frank
Two pencil sketches of a man preparing to throw a grenade.ART29326