The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Polished brass mass gong made from a Japanese mortar shell. A circular hole has been made in the middle of the top and two rounded brackets are soldered opposite each other on the inside. The outside has been engraved after the war with 'JAPANESE MORTAR SHELL/CASE Used as Mass Gong by Army Chaplains in NEW GUINEA and Bougainville 1942-1945. Presented by Chaplain Willliam Fahy'. There is also a carved wooden mallet with a rounded top for ringing the gong.
This gong was made in Bougainville in 1942 by an Australian soldier and used during mass there and in New Guinea by a number of chaplains including Father Harry Reid and the Right Reverend William Fahy.
Dinner gong made from a brass artillery shell case. The case has been fitted with a metallic bolt through its base, which suspends it within a frame. The frame has a solid dark wood base with a small
Trench art slouch hat with Rising Sun badge made from shell parts. The slouch hat comes with a contemporary note handwritten on the back of an envelope listing the items that the hat has been made fro
A wooden hammer (size 210 x 72mm) used to strike the shell case gong RELAWM20443.001. It is made from the same wood as the temple columns and base RELAWM20443.002. The hammer has a small metal ring s
Used 13 pounder shell case heavily decorated with an Art Nouveau style flower over a pebbled background. The upper and lower 3 cm of casing has been left undecorated. The base is impressed 'FRF 67 16
Trench art dahlia vase made from a brass German 77mm shell case. The shell has been been hand beaten and narrowed slightly towards the top and then flared out at the rim. The vase has been decorated w
Cut down, Japanese brass 75mm shell case with head stamps for the Nagoya Arsenal. Two brass hooks have been set into the base to allow the case to be suspended as a gong. The shell is engraved around
