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Photograph 051149 Second World War, 1939-1945POINT LONSDALE, VIC. 1943-04. EXTERIOR OF BATTERY OBSERVATION POST AT LONSDALE BATTERY, PORT PHILLIP FIXED DEFENCES, SHOWING CAMOUFLAGE.

The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
POINT LONSDALE, VIC. 1943-04. AWAS PERSONNEL OPERATING BATTERY OBSERVATION POST RANGE FINDER AT POINT LONSDALE, PORT PHILLIP FIXED DEFENCES. LEFT TO RIGHT GUNNER (GNR) M. I. THOMSON AND GNR J. M. ALCHIN.
POINT LONSDALE, VIC. 1943-04. EXTERIOR OF BATTERY OBSERVATION POST AT LONSDALE BATTERY, PORT PHILLIP FIXED DEFENCES, SHOWING CAMOUFLAGE.

POINT LONSDALE, VIC. 1943-04. SEARCHLIGHT OF PORT PHILLIP FIXED DEFENCES SHINING OVER THE ENTRANCE OF PORT PHILLIP FROM LONSDALE. GUNNER P.M. MANNIX IS ON DUTY.

POINT LONSDALE, VIC. 1943-04. AMMUNITION NUMBERS OF GUN CREW AT LONSDALE BATTERY, PORT PHILLIP FIXED DEFENCES RECEIVING SHELLS FROM ISSUING HATCH OF MAGAZINE AT REAR OF GUN. LEFT TO RIGHT: LANCE BOMBA

POINT LONSDALE, VIC. 1943-04. CAMOUFLAGING SEARCHLIGHT EMPLACEMENT AT POINT LONSDALE, PORT PHILLIP FIXED DEFENCES WITH "IMITATION ROCK". LEFT TO RIGHT: PRIVATE P. JOHNSTONE AND CORPORAL R. MANLEY.

Point Lonsdale, Victoria. 1943-04-23. A gun crew at the Lonsdale Battery, Port Phillip Fixed Defences, practising with their Mark VII six inch gun.

POINT LONSDALE, VIC. 1943-04. UNDERGROUND LOWER PLANT AT POINT LONSDALE, PORT PHILLIP FIXED DEFENCES, WHICH SUPPLIES SOME OF THE CURRENT NEEDED FOR THE OPERATION OF THE SEARCHLIGHTS.
