The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 Engineers, gently carry their deadly little patient to the 'blowing' site where it will be destroyed with plastic explosive. This 60 kilogram bomb is one of thousands left by the Japanese on Penang Island at the end of the Second World War. Secreted in dugouts long since collapsed, the bombs have to be removed and relocated to the 'blowing' site one by one.
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
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
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
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
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
Slowly but surely, 2/10767 Sapper Bill Wilkie, of Liverpool, NSW, 4 Troop, Royal Australian Engineers, attached to 11th Independent Field Squadron, Royal Engineers, gets to the end of the new airstrip
