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HARVEY, WESTERN AUSTRALIA. 1942-10-12. TRAINEE AT 3RD AUSTRALIAN CORPS TRAINING SCHOOL LIGHTING A MINUTE FUSE TO DETONATE A SMALL CHARGE AT THE BOTTOM OF A PREPARED BORE-HOLE. THIS CAUSES A CAVITY AT THE FOOT OF THE BORE, WHICH IS THEN FILLED WITH A LARGE CHARGE OF EXPLOSIVES. THIS, ON DETONATION, CREATES A CRATER AND CAUSES AN OBSTACLE TO THE ENEMY.
HARVEY, WESTERN AUSTRALIA. 1942-10-12. EXPLOSION OF THE PRELIMINARY CHARGE AT THE FOOT OF A PREPARED BORE-HOLE FOR A CAMOUFLET DEMOLITION. AFTER THIS EXPLOSION THE CAVITY CAUSED BY IT IS FILLED WITH E
HARVEY, WESTERN AUSTRALIA. 1942-10-12. TRAINING IN DEMOLITIONS AND ROAD CRATERING AT 3RD AUSTRALIAN CORPS TRAINING SCHOOL. LIFTING THE CAMOUFLET TUBE AFTER BORING. A SMALL CHARGE IS THEN INSERTED AT T
HARVEY, WESTERN AUSTRALIA. 1942-10-13. AT 3RD AUSTRALIAN CORPS TRAINING SCHOOL IN TYPICAL BUSH COUNTRY, THIS TRAINEE NEGOTIATES A BRIDGE OBSTACLE.
HARVEY, WESTERN AUSTRALIA. 1942-10-09. PRACTICAL EXERCISES CARRIED OUT OVER THE BLITZ COURSE AT 3RD AUSTRALIAN CORPS TRAINING SCHOOL, THE MAD MINUTE AT THE END OF THE COURSE WHEN TRAINEE CHARGE DUMNIE
HARVEY, WESTERN AUSTRALIA. 1942-10-13. NEGOTIATING A BRIDGE OBSTACLE AT 3RD AUSTRALIAN CORPS TRAINING SCHOOL. TRAINEE OVERCOMES THE OBSTACLE. NOTE MAN FROM DROPPING BRIDGE IN CENTRE FOREGROUND.
(DATE TAKEN AND LOCATION UNKNOWN). A PENDULUM HAMMER APPARATUS USED IN EXPERIMENTS ON THE INITIATION OF EXPLOSIVES. CAVITY-NOSED BULLETS ATTACHED TO THE PENDULUM HAMMER ARE ALLOWED TO FALL AND STRIKE
