hooked quillon bayonet

[aoliveira]

hello guys. i just purchased a 1907 wilkinson hooked quillon bayonet from a local antiques store. i did some research and could figure out only the basics.
-manufactured in june 1909
-british military acceptance mark [broad arrow]
-X with vertical line through on pommel designating sold out of service.
my questions are. what does the AUSTRALIA stamped on the handle signify?
and what does V3010 stamped on the side of the crossguard mean?
there are no other marks on the bayonet regarding regiment or Australian acceptance, which leaves me confused.
thank you in advance
tony

[2ndAIF]

Hi tony, Congrats on a great score those hooked quilions are hard to find these days! The grips have been replaced with Australian manufactured ones from ww2, Australia sent Canada amongst other things a lot of patt 07 bayonets after ww2 as part of our repatriations for supplying us during the war and the handles were all stamped with Australia as a sort of export stamp Its pretty much the same as the british F&S commando knives sent to America that had England stamped on them, so my guess is the grips were a bit rough and whoever owned it had a Aussie bayonet and swapped the grips over.

Still a great bayonet though, did it come with the scabbard?

I hope this helps.

Luke.