From: Doug Tilley <dtilley5@bigpond.com>
Sun, Feb 14, 2010 at 1:47 AM
Subject: Bomb frame
Barb
Over the last few months since you forwarded my
files about A.K.Kelly to William Bever, I have been swapping
photos with Mr. Bever, mainly anything to do with Fenton as his
Father Everett Bever was based there. One of the first photos he
sent was of his Father doing some washing in a half 44-gallon
drum; the drum was sitting in a strange looking fabricated
stand. Anyhow, I didn't take all that much notice of the stand.
Just recently he sent a photo of John DiDomenico sitting on a
stack of bombs, and on the ground in front was a bomb resting in
a stand. I recognized the stand as being like the one used by
Everett Bever, so I sent Mr. Bever the two photos together
pointing this out. Just 2 days ago I was walking around the rear
of the Machinery shed here at Mt Bundy Station (Ranch) and
noticed a frame lying upside down with 4 legs welded to it; I
immediately recognized the main part to be a bomb stand, like
the one in the photo of John DiDomenico. I will be having a talk
with the owner to see if we can get it into a museum in Darwin.
I was wondering if these frames were in
abundance or was only a few made; it would be a coincidence if
the one found here was the same one from one of the photos. No
one here at the property had any idea what it was or where it
came from.
Doug Tilley
Mt Bundy Station, Haynes Road, Adelaide River,
Australia
