The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Generally intact, but heavily corroded Pattern 07 bayonet with a straight cross guard and clearance hole in the pommel. Only a small fragment of wood from the grips remains on the left side.
Standard issue Pattern 07 bayonet found near the French village of Bullecourt. In April and May 1917, Bullecourt was the scene of fierce fighting as Australian troops attacked the German Hindenburg Line. Consisting of deep trenches, dugouts and pillboxes, protected by wide belts of barbed-wire and cleverly sited machine-guns, the Hindenburg Line was a formidable defensive system. By the end of the Second Battle of Bullecourt in mid-May, the Australians had lost 10,000 men killed, wounded, missing or taken prisoner. These were losses from which the AIF never fully recovered.
Corroded British pattern 08 cast iron entrenching tool head. The spade-like tool is intact, but the helve (wooden handle) is missing. An entrenching tool was issued to each Australian infantryman a
British Pattern 07 Bayonet. The hilt has a hooked quillon crossguard and the pommel is stamped NSW 5517. The grips are plain wood held to the tang with two screw bolts. The blade is straight with a si
Bayonet with long, narrow fullers on each side of blade. Ring and mortise slot with locking bolt secures the bayonet to the rifle nosecap. The wooden grips are secured by two screws while the press s
British Pattern 07 Bayonet. The hilt has a hooked quillon crossguard and the pommel is stamped SA.5663. The grips are plain wood held to the tang with two screw bolts. The blade is straight with a sin
Pattern 07 Bayonet & Scabbard. The blade is stamped MA 07 with 8 43 and the pommel D/99262. Wood grips marked SLAZ 52 are secured by two steel screw bolts. The steel mounted brown leather scabbard is
British Pattern 07 Bayonet. The hilt has a hooked quillon crossguard stamped 216 and the pommel an arrow within a D. The grips are plain wood held to the tang with two screw bolts. The blade is straig
