Lithgow 1918 No. 1 Mk. III*

[smellie]

The marking "2ndM.D." is Second Military District, a pretty normal Australian marking.

Notice you are missing the "tails" to your Forward Handguard. Normally, they hide the Bed of the Rear Sight, protect your fingers from the Bed when the rifle is hot.

I think the other numbers are the standard serial in its regular location (A21696) and the other number is an assembly number; they were making these pretty fast when this one was built.

It also appears that something has been cancelled above your Serial on the Body. It won't have been another Serial because Body, Barrel and Bolt all had the same number at time of build.

One of the Australian fellows should be on here when the Sun gets to their side of the world.

They will be more than happy to help you..... and likely tell me that I'm bl**dy full of it!

Nice rifle!
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