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Busselton Historical Society > Records

WW2 Wooden 303 Ammunition Box

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c. 1944 - 1956

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Overview

Wooden .303 ammunition box 1944-1956 with lid soldered on - very few lids survived. The markings suggest that this box stored 500 rounds of .303 standard ammunition Mk 7 in 50 round Bandoliers. The fact that it says Mk7 rather than MkVII indicates late/post WWII as the change to Arabic numerals from Roman occurred in 1944.

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-124-2020.324

Item type

Material

Width

25 cm

Height or length

50 cm

Depth

17 cm

Themes

War and Conflict

Inscriptions and markings

On the side with the latch is stenciled in yellow
500 CARTGES
.303 BALL
BDR 11
MW MK7

On the top is stenciled in yellow
303 BDR

On the side with the hinges is stenciled in yellow
303 BDR
500 CARTGES
.303 BALL
BDR 11
MW MK7

On the side with the hinges in a light blue painted square appears the number 6

Keywords

Year

c. 1944 - 1956

Primary significance criteria

Social or spiritual significance

Busselton Historical Society

Busselton Historical Society

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