The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
DARWIN, NT. 1942-11-12. THE PREDICTOR CREW OF 14TH AUSTRALIAN HEAVY ANTI-AIRCRAFT BATTERY AT WORK ON THEIR INSTRUMENT. NOTE THE HEAVY TIMBER ON TOP OF THE INSTRUMENT TO PROTECT IT FROM SHRAPNEL AND BOMB SPLINTERS. LANCE-BOMBARDIER K. L. RITCHIE IS AT THE FAR RIGHT HAND CORNER OF THE PREDICTOR, ON HIS LEFT IS GUNNER L. G. STEVENSON AND GUNNER C. C. SIBRAA IS AT EXTREME LEFT.
DARWIN, NT. 1942-11-12. LANCE-BOMBARDIER K. L. RITCHIE, OF THE 14TH AUSTRALIAN HEAVY ANTI-AIRCRAFT BATTERY ACTING AS SPOTTER ON TOP OF A RAISED PLATFORM, SIGHTS AN UNIDENTIFIED AIRCRAFT, AND GIVES THE
DARWIN, NT. 1943-06-23. LOADING NO. 2 GUN AT THE EAST POINT COAST ARTILLERY FIXED DEFENCES. SHOWN ARE:- V34980 BOMBARDIER J. H. HOGAN (EXTREME LEFT), VX86722 GUNNER L. J. PIGERN (GUN LAYER), NX160132
SELFS POINT, HOBART, TAS. 1943-04-17. THE CREW OF THE PREDICTOR AT 414TH HEAVY ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN STATION, 13TH HEAVY ANTI-AIRCRAFT BATTERY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ARTILLERY, AT WORK ON THEIR INSTRUMENT. LEF
LAE, NEW GUINEA, 1944-03-26. MEMBERS OF C TROOP, PREDICTOR DETACHMENT, 2/6TH HEAVY ANTI-AIRCRAFT BATTERY, MANNING A VICKERS PREDICTOR NO. 1 MKIII, (WITH HEIGHT COMPUTER), AT THE 2/3RD ANTI-AIRCRAFT RE
DARWIN, NT. 1942-11-12. IMMEDIATELY THE ALARM IS SOUNDED, GUN CREWS OF 14TH AUSTRALIAN HEAVY ANTI-AIRCRAFT BATTERY RUSH FROM THEIR QUARTERS ADJOINING THE GUN PITS AND TAKE UP THEIR POSITIONS ON THE GU
DARWIN, NT. 1942-11-12. A GUN CREW OF 14TH AUSTRALIAN HEAVY ANTI-AIRCRAFT BATTERY LOADING, READY FOR FIRING. SERGEANT J.MC. AGNEW IS ON THE EXTREME RIGHT, AND ON HIS RIGHT IS GUNNER R.C. BARTUSH. THE
