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WEST HEAD, FLINDERS, VIC. 1943-04. CARPENTERS AT WORK ON SEARCHLIGHT EMPLACEMENT AT FLINDERS, AN ADDITION TO PORT PHILLIP FIXED DEFENCES. DESIGNED AND CONSTRUCTED BY FORTRESS ENGINEERS, PORT PHILLIP FIXED DEFENCES, WORKS SECTION. LEFT TO RIGHT:- SAPPER K.J. MCDONNELL AND PRIVATE N.R. BURNEY.
WEST HEAD, FLINDERS, VIC. 1943-04. THE PORT PHILLIP DEFENCES ARE BEING EXTENDED TO FLINDERS. A SEARCHLIGHT EMPLACEMENT AND ENGINE ROOM IS SHOWN IN THE COURSE OF CONSTRUCTION. OWING TO THE PRECIPITOUS
WEST HEAD, FLINDERS, VICTORIA. AUSTRALIA. 1943-04. SAPPER R. REID AT WORK ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW ENGINE ROOM AT FLINDERS AS PART OF PORT PHILLIP FIXED DEFENCES. THE NEW INSTALLATIONS WERE DESIGN
WEST HEAD, FLINDERS, VICTORIA. AUSTRALIA. 1943-04. AN UP-TO-DATE GUN EMPLACEMENT AND OTHER DEFENCE INSTALLATIONS ARE BEING CONSTRUCTED AT FLINDERS AS ADDITIONS TO PORT PHILLIP FIXED DEFENCES. ALTHOUGH
FLINDERS, VIC. 1943-04. CAMOUFLAGED SEARCHLIGHT EMPLACEMENT AT FLINDERS WHICH HAS RECENTLY BEEN CONSTRUCTED AND WHICH FORMS PART OF PORT PHILLIP FIXED DEFENCES.
FLINDERS, VIC. 1943-04. BUILDING A SEARCHLIGHT EMPLACEMENT AT FLINDERS AS PART OF PORT PHILLIP FIXED DEFENCES. THE ACUTE ANGLE OF THE CHUTE WHICH CARRIES THE MATERIAL TO THE EMPLACEMENT IS PLAINLY SHO
FLINDERS, VIC. 1943-04. A SEARCHLIGHT EMPLACEMENT IN THE COURSE OF CONSTRUCTION AS SEEN FROM ABOVE. THIS IS A PORTION OF A GENERAL EXTENSION OF THE PORT PHILLIP FIXED DEFENCES TO THIS AREA.
