Aussie bayonet

[Peter Laidler]

I have an old Sanderson bayonet on an old now dewat Lanchester that has R.A.N on the rear of the pommell. Which must be Royal Aust Navy as I 'liberated' from 40 Base Workshop where it was used to test for the fit/serviceability/tightness of the bayonet bracket on the old RN and RAN Lanchesters. The rivets on these brackets were always loose so we had to tighten or re-rivet them. If you tack-welded the Lanchester bayonet bracket (never tried or did it, but was told.....) to the casing, it took so much heat that the casing would distort and the barrel wouldn't slide in afterwards. Totally irrelevant to this thread but memory banks just slipping into overdrive......

Anyone else out there have an ex RAN marked one?