The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
PORT MORESBY, NEW GUINEA. 1944-05-24. THE BEARING AND ELEVATION GEARS OF A GUN OF THE BASILISK BATTERY, 801ST ANTI-AIRCRAFT AND COAST ARTILLERY BATTERY AT HEADQUARTERS MORESBY BASE SUB-AREA. CONSTRUCTION WORK IS CURRENTLY CONTINUING ON THE 5.25 INCH MARK II GUN AT THE EMPLACEMENT WHICH REQUIRES THE INSTALLATION OF FRONT AND REAR SHIELDS.
PORT MORESBY, NEW GUINEA. 1944-07. THE NO.1 GUN AT BASILISK BATTERY, 801ST ANTI-AIRCRAFT AND COAST ARTILLERY, HEADQUARTERS MORESBY BASE SUB-AREA, DURING THE COURSE OF ITS ASSEMBLY. THIS PICTURE SHOWS
PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1944-08-17. GUNNERS WORKING ON THE INSTALLATION OF THE CRADLE OF NO. 1 GUN (5.25) AT THE BASILISK BATTERY, OF THE 801ST ANTI AIRCRAFT AND COAST ARTILLERY BATTERY.
PORT MORESBY, PAPUA, 1944-08-17. GUNNERS WORKING ON THE INSTALLATION OF THE CRADLE OF NO. 1 GUN (5.25) AT THE BASILISK BATTERY OF THE 801ST ANTI AIRCRAFT AND COAST ARTILLERY BATTERY.
Port Moresby, New Guinea. 1944-07. No. 1 gun at Basilisk Battery, 801st Anti-Aircraft and Coast Artillery Battery, Headquarters Moresby Base Sub-Area, viewed during the course of its assembly. The mou
PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1944-08-17. THE GUN PLATFORM IN POSITION IN THE NO. 1 GUN EMPLACEMENT AT THE BASILISK BATTERY, 801ST ANTI-AIRCRAFT AND COAST ARTILLERY BATTERY. SEEN ARE THE PLATFORM, MOUNTING, UP
PORT MORESBY, NEW GUINEA. 1944-07. THE BASE OF A 5.25 INCH GUN VIEWED DURING THE CONSTRUCTION OF BASILISK BATTERY, 801ST ANTI-AIRCRAFT AND COAST ARTILLERY BATTERY, HEADQUARTERS MORESBY BASE SUB-AREA.
