Bomb Fragment (Darwin air raid)

Place Oceania: Australia, Northern Territory, Darwin
Accession Number REL/02064.018
Collection type Technology
Object type Munition component
Physical description Metal
Maker Unknown
Place made Japan
Date made c 1940
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Description

Piece of twisted shrapnel. Label adhered to surface reading '9 feet from crater R.A.A.F.'

History / Summary

From the air attack on Darwin by Japanese in 1942.