The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Every soldier must learn how to throw grenades. As these are usually thrown from behind cover or from a trench the men in training are taught to throw the grenades over a net 20 feet high. The average soldier can throw a grenade 30-35 yards, a good cricketer 50 yards or more.
An unidentified Australian soldier holding a grenade launcher whilst leaning against the parapet of a trench, possibly on the Gallipoli Peninsula. The soldier is probably using a SMLE No 1 Mark III Ri
FALL OF GONA. AUSTRALIANS WHO CLEANED OUT A POCKET OF JAPANESE IN THE FINAL ASSAULT ON GONA. THE FIVE DEAD JAPANESE IN THE FOREGROUND WERE KILLED BY A GRENADE THROWN BY AN AUSTRALIAN. THE JAPANESE SUD
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No 35 Squadron, RAAF , based at Vung Tau, South Vietnam, are training young local Vietnamese men in trades associated with the aircraft industry. The Squadron Commanding Officer 11419 Wing Commander
Four fragments from one or more 'cricket ball' grenades. Known as 'cricket ball' grenades due to their shape, the remains of these Turkish bombs were found at Lone Pine on 8 January 1919 by members
The grenade body is in two parts and features a cylindrical cup-shape base with a rolled on thread which mates with a similar thread rolled on to the flange of the coned top. Two diametrically opposed
