057160 Accession Number: 057160

Description

SOGERI VALLEY, NEW GUINEA. 1943-09-24. EXPLOSION CAUSED WHEN ARMY BOMB DISPOSAL UNIT DESTROYED UNEXPLODED BOMBS USED IN THE PROJECTOR INFANTRY TANK ATTACK MARK 1.

Details

Accession Number
057160
Photographer
Lieutenant Robert John Buchanan
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

Conflicts

Places

Tags

Accession 057160

More like this

057159

Photograph 057159 Second World War, 1939-1945

SOGERI VALLEY, NEW GUINEA. 1943-09-24. CLOSE UP OF THE BOMBS USED IN THE PROJECTOR INFANTRY TANK ATTACK MARK 1 WHICH DID NOT EXPLODE IN THE SHOOT AGAINST THE TEST PILLBOX. THESE BOMBS WILL BE DESTROYE

057119

Photograph 057119 Second World War, 1939-1945

SOGERI VALLEY, NEW GUINEA. 1943-09-19. QX28237 SERGEANT WEEDON, INSTRUCTOR, 2/7TH AUSTRALIAN INDEPENDENT COMPANY, ATTACHED TO THE NEW GUINEA FORCE TRAINING SCHOOL, PREPARING TO DESTROY UNEXPLODED BOMB

057150

Photograph 057150 Second World War, 1939-1945

SOGERI VALLEY, NEW GUINEA. 1943-09-24. CLOSE UP OF PILLBOX SHOWING WHERE BOMB FROM A PROJECTOR INFANTRY TANK ATTACK MARK 1 HAS PENETRATED THROUGH A LOG AND GONE INTO THE DUGOUT.

057151

Photograph 057151 Second World War, 1939-1945

SOGERI VALLEY, NEW GUINEA. 1943-09-24. CLOSE UP OF PILLBOX SHOWING WHERE BOMB FROM A PROJECTOR INFANTRY TANK ATTACK MARK 1 HAS PENETRATED THROUGH A LOG AND GONE INTO THE DUGOUT.

057155

Photograph 057155 Second World War, 1939-1945

SOGERI VALLEY, NEW GUINEA. 1943-09-24. CLOSE UP SHOWING WHERE A BOMB FROM A PROJECTOR INFANTRY TANK ATTACK MARK 1 HAD PENETRATED A LOG AND EXPLODED IN A PILLBOX, DURING A TEST SHOOT BY THE NEW GUINEA

057115

Photograph 057115 Second World War, 1939-1945

SOGERI VALLEY, NEW GUINEA. 1943-09-19. TEST OF THE PROJECTOR INFANTRY TANK ATTACK MARK 1 AT A RANGE OF 75 YARDS. NOTE BOMB EXPLODING ON STRIKING PILLBOX.

See more similar items →

Record information

Last modified: 1 July 2026 - 1.07 am