An unidentified officer of the 21st Battalion displaying a broomstick bomb in a trench on the ...

Accession Number C03151
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Maker Unknown
Place made Ottoman Empire: Turkey, Marmara, Chanak, Gallipoli Peninsula
Date made 1915
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

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 that was attached to a stick to increase the throwing range.

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