The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
LABUAN, BORNEO. 1945-06-10. EARLY ON Z DAY MEMBERS OF THE BOMB DISPOSAL UNIT WERE AT WORK, DELOUSING THE AREA. 151329 CORPORAL A. K. RICHARDSON OF DEEPWATER, NSW, HAVING UNEARTHED AN UNEXPLODED BOMB, PUTS UP A "DANGER, MINES" WARNING SIGN TO ALERT PASSING TROOPS.
LABUAN ISLAND, BORNEO. 1945-06-10. RAAF BOMB DISPOSAL CREW (RIGHT FOREGROUND) WORKING ON AN UNEXPLODED BOMB IN NORTH BORNEO, WHILE AN AIF STRETCHER-BEARER PARTY CARRIES A MAN WOUNDED IN FIGHTING ABOUT
NOEMFOOR ISLAND, DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 1944-11-10. ALTHOUGH THE NOTICE SAYS "DANGER UNEXPLODED BOMB, SAFETY DISTANCE 100 YARDS" PERSONNEL OF NO. 3 BOMB DISPOSAL UNIT RAAF ARE DIGGING UP A MINE WHICH HAS B
LABUAN ISLAND, BORNEO. 1945-06-10. WITH WET FEET BUT LIGHT HEARTS, THESE RAAF TROOPS COME ASHORE IN A LANDING CRAFT VEHICLE PERSONNEL (LCVP) ON Z DAY.
LABUAN ISLAND, NORTH WEST BORNEO 1945-11-06. 9TH ARMED FORCES BROADCASTING SECTION, AUSTRALIAN ARMY AMENITIES SERVICE. SX33429 PRIVATE C. G. JACKSON AND SX38252 LIEUTENANT K. D. CROSSMAN, COMMANDING O
NSW. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of NX28116 Corporal John Gordon Richardson, 2/18th Battalion, Australian Infantry. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in the Sanda
A collection of unexploded ordnance displayed at the Mine Clearance Training Unit (MCTU) at Battambang. The items are, from left to right (against wall): ammunition can containing 500 7.62 x 54R cartr
