Bomb Fragment (Darwin air raid)

Place Oceania: Australia, Northern Territory, Darwin
Accession Number REL/02064.023
Collection type Technology
Object type Munition component
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 'from crater 6' '. Illegible characters at top of label.

History / Summary

From the air attack on Darwin by Japanese in 1942.