Place | Oceania: Pacific Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain, Gazelle Peninsula, Rabaul Area, Rabaul |
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Accession Number | 099879 |
Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white |
Physical description | Black & white |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN, 1946-03-01. AFTER A LONG PERIOD OF HEAT, SELF COMBUSTION OF CORDITE CAUSED A ...
Description
RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN, 1946-03-01. AFTER A LONG PERIOD OF HEAT, SELF COMBUSTION OF CORDITE CAUSED A FIRE IN 5,500 TONS OF JAPANESE AMMUNITION AWAITING DUMPING OFF RABAUL. ALL THE AMMUNITION WAS DESTROYED IN THE FIRE WHICH RAGED FOR SEVERAL HOURS. SHOWN, LIEUTENANT COLONEL R.W. MYNARD, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF ORDNANCE SERVICE, 11 DIVISION (1) AND LIEUTENANT J.A. MUNRO, INTELLIGENCE OFFICER, HQ 8 MILITARY DISTRICT, AUSTRALIAN ARMY ORDNANCE CORPS (2) EXAMINING ONE OF THE LARGE CRATERS CAUSED BY THE EXPLOSION.