The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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. 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. EXTERIOR OF BATTERY OBSERVATION POST AT LONSDALE BATTERY, PORT PHILLIP FIXED DEFENCES, SHOWING CAMOUFLAGE.
POINT LONSDALE, VIC. 1943-04. GUNNERY PRACTISE BY DAY. THIS PERFECTLY CAMOUFLAGED SIX INCH GUN OF PORT PHILLIP FIXED DEFENCES FOUND THE TARGET WITH DEADLY ACCURACY AT A DISTANCE OF APPROXIMATELY FOUR
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. ALCH
POINT NEPEAN, VICTORIA. 1943-04. A 6-INCH GUN OF PORT PHILLIP FIXED DEFENCES IN ACTION IN A NIGHT PRACTISE SHOOT.
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.
