The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Unidentified sappers from 2 Field Troop, 1 Field Squadron, Royal Australian Engineers (RAE), have attached a C4 slab charge and detonating cord to an unexploded 105mm artillery shell that they are about to detonate, possibly during Operation Overlord. The projectile was fired by Australian or allied artillery and failed to explode on impact.
A satchel charge, other explosive devices and detonating cords have been stacked up against a tree and had C4 slab charges attached to them in preparation for their being blown up by sappers of 2 Fiel
PENANG, MALAYA C. 1956. SAPPERS OF 4 TROOP, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS (RAE), 11TH INDEPENDENT FIELD SQUADRON ROYAL ENGINEERS (RE), TAKING COVER BEHIND A ROCK OUTCROP BEFORE SETTING OFF CHARGES TO EXP
PENANG, MALAYA C. 1956. SAPPERS OF 4 TROOP, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS (RAE), 11TH INDEPENDENT FIELD SQUADRON ROYAL ENGINEERS (RE), ATTACHING CHARGES TO UNEXPLODED JAPANESE BOMBS THAT WERE TOO UNSAFE
PENANG, MALAYA C. 1956. SAPPERS OF 4 TROOP, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS (RAE) 11TH INDEPENDENT FIELD SQUADRON ROYAL ENGINEERS (RE), DIGGING AND SHORING UP A SHAFT TO RECOVER AN UNEXPLODED JAPANESE BOMB
PENANG, MALAYA C. 1956. SAPPERS OF 4 TROOP, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS (RAE), 11TH INDEPENDENT FIELD SQUADRON ROYAL ENGINEERS (RE), ABOUT TO LOAD AN UNEXPLODED JAPANESE BOMB ONTO A STRETCHER FOR TRANS
PENANG, MALAYA C. 1956. SAPPERS OF 4 TROOP, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS (RAE), 11TH INDEPENDENT FIELD SQUADRON ROYAL ENGINEERS (RE), CARRYING AN UNEXPLODED JAPANESE 132 LB BOMB ON A STRETCHER. (DONOR J
