The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Trinitrotoluene (or TNT) was the most commonly used explosive in the Allied forces. This drawing shows it being poured into shells in a liquid form in order that the whole space of the shell was occupied by the explosive, thereby ensuring the maxium blast effect. The artist wrote ' The shell-filling operations were not spectacular. Rows of men in khaki unifrom stood behind rows of bombs, each man had a dipper, and poured liquid T.N.T into the hollow sections of a shell. The scene had a quiet and simplicity which robbed it of all its hidden meaning and terror. Though into each shell went a terrible power of destruction, it was not as exciting to watch as a row of soda clerks pouring out malted milks.'
Trinitrotoluene (or TNT) was the most commonly used explosive by the Allied forces. It had a high blast effect and had the advantage of being handled in liquid form for filling purposes, later cooling
Belgium trench mortar made from cast steel and mounted on a wooden baseplate. The Mortar had a barrel with a fixed elevation. Variation in range was achieved by use of different charges of powder in t
German 17 cm mittlerer Minenwerfer neuer art (medium trench mortar, new model). The weapon is a rifled muzzle-loading mortar, with six rifling grooves. The barrel length of 4.5 calibres identifies it
Military Cross and bar (Geo V). A cross pattee with an Imperial crown at the end of each arm. Bar suspension with white and purple ribbon. Unnamed as issued. Norman Harold Whitfield had served four
