The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
The crew of a 40mm Bofors anti aircraft gun (probably members of the 7th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, RAA) awaiting the next German aerial attack from a position overlooking Suda Bay, Crete. Note the ships in the background.
PERTH, WA. 1942. A NO 3, OR KERRISON PREDICTOR WHICH CONTROLLED A BOFORS 40MM ANTI AIRCRAFT GUN OF 8 BATTERY, 2/3RD LIGHT ANTI AIRCRAFT REGIMENT, AT THE CRAWLEY BAY POSITION. LEFT TO RIGHT: UNKNOWN, G
CABOOLTURE AREA, QLD. 1945-02-01. NO. 2 GUN, A TROOP, 2/7 LIGHT ANTI AIRCRAFT BATTERY, 2/2 ANTI AIRCRAFT REGIMENT (COMPOSITE), MANHANDLE A BOFORS 40MM ANTI AIRCRAFT GUN INTO POSITION FOR ATTACHMENT TO
MALEME, CRETE. 1941-05-18. MEMBERS OF 'A' TROOP, 2/7TH BATTERY, 2/3RD LIGHT ANTI-AIRCRAFT REGIMENT, WITH A 40MM BOFORS GUN ON THE NORTH SIDE OF MALEME AIRFIELD. IN THE BACKGROUND, TOWARDS THE BEACH, A
MILNE BAY, PAPUA. 1942-09. A BOFORS 40 MM ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN CREW AT ACTION STATIONS NEAR THE WHARF AT GILI GILI. THE WHARF IS IN THE BACKGROUND AND ALSO THE STEAMER ANSHUN THAT THE JAPANESE SHELLED AN
Cairns, Qld. Unidentified members, probably of the 10th Australian Light Anti Aircraft Battery, standing around a Bofors 40mm Anti Aircraft gun emplacement opposite a row of houses on a street in Cair
SYDNEY, NSW. 1944-01-26. AUSTRALIAN AND NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATION UNIT NATIVES OPERATING A BOFORS 40MM ANTI AIRCRAFT GUN OF THE 655TH LIGHT ANTI-AIRCRAFT BATTERY.
