The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Gently, gently, 2/8081 Sapper (Spr) David McCallum, of Concorde, NSW, 4 Troop, Royal Australian Engineers, attached to 11th Independent Field Squadron, Royal Engineers, has uncovered an unexploded 60 kilogram Japanese bomb that has been left over from the Second World War. On the island of Penang many thousands of these Japanese bombs have been discovered and unearthed with the help of civilian informants. It is the job of the sappers to destroy the bombs where they're found, or to collect them and destroy them at a safer location. Spr McCallum also served in Korea with 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), in 1952.
Explosives expert 3/11147 Corporal Vic Pollock, of Petersham, NSW, 4 Troop, Royal Australian Engineers, attached to 11th Independent Field Squadron, Royal Engineers, places plastic explosive in readin
3/11147 Corporal Vic Pollock, of Petersham, NSW and 2/42552 Sapper Don Mays, of Leichhardt, NSW, both of 4 Troop, Royal Australian Engineers, attached to 11th Independent Field Squadron, Royal Enginee
Unidentified officers and men of 4 Troop, Royal Australian Engineers, attached to 11th Independent Field Squadron Royal Engineers, inspect the blast damage and a water filled crater after a number of
Hidden in dugouts long since collapsed, thousands of Japanese bombs have been found on Penang Island, left over from the Second World War. Sappers from 4 Troop (4 Tp), Royal Australian Engineers, atta
Sapper (Spr) Carson, (left) about to push the plunger that will trigger a big explosion, as another batch of 60 kilogram bombs are destroyed. These bombs were left over by the Japanese at the end of t
PENANG, MALAYA C. 1956. SAPPERS OF 4 TROOP, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS (RAE), 11TH INDEPENDENT FIELD SQUADRON ROYAL ENGINEERS (RE), WITH UNEXPLODED JAPANESE 132 LB BOMBS LAID ON THE GROUND AWAITING DI
