DARWIN. A 60 KILOGRAM JAPANESE INCENDIARY BOMB WHICH BURIED ITSELF IN THE GROUND WITHOUT IGNITING ...

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Accession Number 015276
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Dick, Harold George
Place made Australia: Northern Territory, Darwin
Date made 19 July 1943
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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Description

DARWIN. A 60 KILOGRAM JAPANESE INCENDIARY BOMB WHICH BURIED ITSELF IN THE GROUND WITHOUT IGNITING BEING EXAMINED BY LIEUTENANT H. KARSCH OF SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS AND LIEUTENANT J.J. WARD OF ST KILDA, VICTORIA, BOMB DISPOSAL OFFICERS. THE INCENDIARY WAS DROPPED BY THE JAPANESE DURING THE LAST RAID ON DARWIN. (NEGATIVE BY H. DICK).