Homeowners Find WWII Era Grenade in Garden

Ballart, Australia Homeowners moving soil in their garden came across an old hand grenade. Initially the couple thought it was a potato but after removing some of the soil from around the item, they quickly discovered that it was no potato they were holding. After realizing what they had found was a hand grenade, the couple called the police who responded with an Australian Defence Force bomb disposal team. EOD identified the grenade as an un-fuzed WWII era British No. 36 high-explosive filled grenade. EOD safely transported the grenade to Melbourne for proper disposal.

The homeowners explained to the police that the soil pile where the grenade was found originated from Lake Wendouree, a dry lake bed nearby. The discovery of the grenade is not the first time ammunition has been discovered from Lake Wendouree, about three years ago EOD responded to a report of artillery shells in the area. It is believed the ordnance are the result of the history of the area as the former U.S. military facility Headquarters for the Army Service of Supply (USASOS) during WWII.