Thread: Mortar round uncovered in Melbourne
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Old 05-10-2007, 09:28 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Andy in West Oz View Post
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2...04/2051346.htm

A World War II bomb has been dug up in a yard at St Albans in Melbourne's west.

It was found during home renovations in Station street.

The Defence Force says the three-inch mortar round had no fuse, and dates back to 1942.

Earlier police detonated two pipe bombs found buried in a backyard in the suburb of Canadian in Ballarat, west of Melbourne.
A munitions manufacturing area near there during the war so possibly a firing range as well!
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