item details
NameShort Magazine Lee-Enfield Rifle Mk III
ProductionLithgow Small Arms Factory; manufacturer(s); 1941; Australia
Classificationrifles
Materialssteel, wood, brass
DimensionsOverall: 75mm (width), 180mm (height), 1130mm (length)
Registration NumberDM000340
Credit lineExchange from E.H. Shoebridge, date unknown
Overview
Markings:
M.A.
LITHGOW
S.M.L.E.
III
1941 (stamped onto trigger guard strap)
S / S (marked on top of breech)
B 68719 (marked on breech)
N^Z (stamped on stock)
R.N.Z.A.F.
W
S
26 (within a circular piece of brass inset into stock)
D.P. (engraved into bolt)