Members of the Volunteer Defence Corps training with a 3.7 Inch anti-aircraft gun emplaced on Kensington Golf Links in Sydney
AWM caption : FREMANTLE, AUSTRALIA. 1943-02-18. WORK ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF A PARAPET TO NO. B2 GUN POSITION AT LEIGHTON BATTERY, FREMANTLE FIXED DEFENCES. Comment : This is a BL 6-inch Mk VII gun.
AWM caption : "An unidentified gun crew moving a six inch gun barrel at Cowan on Moreton Island, Qld. Two barrels were delivered by barge from the mainland and were dumped in the shallows. From there they were More
AWM caption : FREMANTLE, AUSTRALIA. 1943-02-18. BI GUN, LEIGHTON BATTERY, FREMANTLE FIXED DEFENCES. LEFT TO RIGHT: LANCE-BOMBARDIER H. VALLE GUNNER L. L. CARTER, BOTH OF ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ARTILLERY STAFF-SERGEA More
AWM Caption: Townsville, Qld. Servicing party working on a DAP Beaufort bomber aircraft of No. 7 Squadron RAAF, probably at Reid River or Macrossan airfield, in a camouflaged dispersal bay supported by underwin More
AWM caption : MILLINGIMBI ISLAND, NT. 1943-11-21. PILOTS OF NO. 83 SQUADRON, RAAF, PHOTOGRAPHED IN FRONT OF ONE OF THE SQUADRONS BOOMERANG FIGHTER AIRCRAFT: THEY ARE: FLIGHT SERGEANT BELL (1) WARRANT OFFICER D. More
AWM caption : MILLINGIMBI ISLAND, NT. 1943-11-21. ARMOURERS OF NO. 83 SQUADRON, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE, CLEANING CANNONS AND LOADING AMMUNITION INTO A BOOMERANG FIGHTER AIRCRAFT. THEY ARE: 44771 CORPORAL G More
Darwin Overland Maintenance Force at Parade, Birdum Military Camp, Jan 25, 1941. Deutsch: Die Darwin Overland Maintenance Force präsentiert sich. 25. Januar 1941, Feldlager Birdum.
AWM caption : "FORT PEARCE, PORT PHILLIP HEADS, VIC, 1944-04. 6 INCH GUN CREW FROM "C" COMPANY 5TH BATTALION VOLUNTEER DEFENCE CORPS (VDC) PREPARES FOR ACTION AT TRAINING CAMP EASTER 1944. LEFT TO RIGHT: J. RIL More
BL 6-inch Mk VII gun at Fort Nepean, Victoria, Australia.
AWM caption : "SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA. 1942-01-24. SIDE VIEW OF A QUICK FIRING, 3 POUNDER HOTCHKISS GUN, SHOWING THE ROCKING BAR SIGHT."
AWM caption : "ALBANY, AUSTRALIA. 1943-03-13. NO. 1 GUN (6-INCH), ALBANY FIXED DEFENCES." Comment : The gun is a BL 6 inch gun Mk V from the 1890s. It originally at South Head, Sydney, and was one of the four More
AWM caption : Townsville, Qld. Servicing party working on a DAP Beaufort bomber aircraft of No. 7 Squadron RAAF, probably at Reid River or Macrossan airfield, in a camouflaged dispersal bay supported by underwi More
AWM Caption: 1943-03-24. DARWIN. SPITFIRES TAKE OFF TO INTERCEPT JAPANESE RAIDERS.
"Cleaning out bore of gun after firing RAA. Shows soldiers pulling cleaning wad through gun barrel. Comment : This is a 9.2 inch coast defence gun somewhere in Australia.
Australian anti-aircraft gun crew training with searchlight and QF 3.7-inch anti-aircraft gun.
Exercise with QF 3.7 inch anti-aircraft gun in Australia.
Crew with QF 3.7-inch anti-aircraft gun.
Crew with QF 3.7 inch AA gun.
Sydney Harbour WW2 anti-torpedo defence boom seen from Georges Head. Manly ferry BELLUBERA (1910 - 1973) on right, and former Sydney ferry KURAMIA (1914) as converted boom vessel (right).