Place | Europe: Western Front |
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Accession Number | RELAWM04089.002 |
Collection type | Heraldry |
Object type | Heraldry |
Physical description | Brass |
Maker |
JC Co Ltd |
Place made | United Kingdom: England |
Date made | 1917 |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Strombos compressed air gas alarm release handle : Australian Corps School, AIF
Circular cast brass handle, with knurled outer face. The inner section has been lightened with six holes, and features and square-section centre hole for locating over the square release valve post on the Strombos compressed air tank. There are no markings.
No specific history is known of this Strombos compressed air gas alarm, apart from its use with the Australian Corps School as a training aid. This training complex was located near Aveluy in the Ancre Valley, France.
Contemporary accounts note that the Strombos compressed air gas alarm had a penetrating sound which could be heard for up to three to four miles (4.8 to 6.5 kilometres). Enough air was held in the cylinder to allow a full minute-long alarm to be sounded. The design of this alarm originated in the United States of America for use on locomotives and ships.