The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 readiness for destroying another 60 kilogram bomb at the Browne Estate (a rubber plantation) on Penang Island. Thousands of these bombs were left by the Japanese at the end of the Second World War and the Australians have been given the job of removing and destroying them.
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
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
Heavily laden men of D Company, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), move through a rubber plantation as they hunt Communist terrorists in Perak. The men each have to carry over 60 pou
