The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Lieutenant (Lt) Mockton Bowes Kelly (left) and Lt (later Captain) Ewen Mackay Bland, both of the 21st Battalion, standing in a trench on the Gallipoli Peninsula. Lt Bland is seen holding a 'dud' broomstick bomb; an Australian type of a Turkish jerry-rigged hand grenade that was attached to a stick to increase the throwing range. The original caption notes that these broomstick bombs had an effect more moral than material.
An unidentified officer of the 21st Battalion displaying a broomstick bomb in a trench on the Gallipoli Peninsula. The broomsick bomb was an Australian version of a Turkish jerry-rigged hand grenade t
Studio portrait of Second Lieutenant (2nd Lt) Ewen Mackay Bland, 21st Battalion, of Brighton, Vic. 2nd Lt Bland was promoted to lieutenant on 1 July 1915 while serving with the 46th Battalion. He was
Studio portrait of Second Lieutenant (2nd Lt) Ewen Mackay Bland, 21st Battalion, of Brighton, Vic. 2nd Lt Bland was promoted to lieutenant on 1 July 1915 while serving with the 46th Battalion. He was
Informal portrait of a group of Australian officers of D Company, 21st Battalion, in a dugout at Steele's Post on the Gallipoli Peninsula. Identified, left to right: Captain (Capt) Richard Godfrey Smi
Remains of a Turkish 'broomstick bomb' consisting of a length of wooden pole connected to the base of the bomb. The remains of this Turkish 'broom stick' bomb was found by members of the Australian
Hand-thrown anti-tank grenade. Originally, two hemispherical steel casings protected an inner explosive charge. The charge was encased in a glass flask, and covered with a fabric envelope, impregnate
