The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 60 kilogram bombs were detonated on the site. Thousands of these Japanese bombs, left over from the Second World War, were discovered on the Browne Estate (a rubber plantation) on Penang Island. The bombs were hidden by the Japanese in underground dugouts which have long since collapsed and now the bombs must be dug out by the Australians and taken here to the 'blowing' site where they will be destroyed with the aid of plastic explosive.
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
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
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
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
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
An informal group portrait of a Section of men from 7 Platoon, C Company, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), standing near an armoured truck, with the British Army Registration Numbe
