FINSCHHAFEN - SIO AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-03-31. JAPANESE AMMUNITION COLLECTED FROM DUMPS IN THE ...

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Accession Number 071818
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white, Landscape
Physical description Black & white, Landscape
Maker Stuckey, Norman Bradford
Date made 31 March 1944
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

FINSCHHAFEN - SIO AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-03-31. JAPANESE AMMUNITION COLLECTED FROM DUMPS IN THE AREA BY THE CHIEF ENGINEER'S BRANCH, HEADQUARTERS 2ND AUSTRALIAN CORPS. THE AMMUNITION DISPLAYED, READING LEFT TO RIGHT: 50MM MORTAR BOMB (HIGH EXPLOSIVE); 50MM MORTAR BOMB (HIGH EXPLOSIVE); 50MM MORTAR BOMB (SMOKE, AIRBURST); 82MM MORTAR BOMB (HIGH EXPLOSIVE); 90MM MORTAR BOMB (HIGH EXPLOSIVE); 82MM MORTAR BOMB (HIGH EXPLOSVIE); TYPE A SIGNAL FLARE, FOR TYPE 89 GRENADE DISCHARGER; SMOKE GRENADE FOR 89 GRENADE DISCHARGER (WHITE PHOSPHOROUS).