The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Australian 1903 pattern water bottle. Made from blue enamelled iron. The bottle has been severly rusted and corroded.
Found on the site of Sandakan POW Camp by members of B Company 2/4th Battalion of the Royal Australian Regiment during an adventure taining exercise in July/August 1988. The items were initially discovered by a villager digging in his market garden.
Round blue enamelled iron water bottle constructed in two shallow halves, with neck brazed to the top. Three blue enamelled metal keepers are attached around the edge, one on each shoulder and one on
Improvised dixie made from standard issue brown enamelled steel Australian army water bottle. One side has been partially cut out so that the bottle forms a dixie with a base and four sides, with the
Shattered remains of a blue enamelled metal water bottle. The water bottle has been riddled with bullet and shrapnel and is missing most of its enamel. The exposed metal is rusted. The remains of th
Battle damaged blue enamelled steel Australian-issue water bottle. The body of the bottle is intact but most of the neck has corroded away. The base and one side have two large shrapnel holes; other s
Australian army issue 1903 Pattern water bottle. The kidney shaped bottle of blue enamelled iron with a cylindrical neck and tapered cork stopper with a drilled eye bolt which would have had a piece
Damaged blue enamelled metal water bottle. The neck has been torn off, the enamel has chipped off around the damage and the metal has rusted. Enamel has also chipped off around a shrapnel hole on the
