The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Darwin, NT. 1940-11. Men of No. 1 Section, No. 2 Anti-Aircraft (AA) Battery, 2/1st Australian AA Regiment, using shearlegs and block and tackle to raise the barrel of one of their unit's 3.7" AA guns onto its mounting. The mouth of the barrel is resting on the rear of a truck (left) and the breech end is being traversed into its cradle at right. The battery was based at Oval Camp, located at a local sports ground, from July 1940.
Darwin, NT. 1940-11. Men of No. 1 Section, No. 2 Anti-Aircraft (AA) Battery, 2/1st Australian AA Regiment, using shearlegs and block and tackle to raise the barrel of one of their unit's 3.7" AA guns
Darwin, NT. 1940-11. Men of No. 1 Section, No. 2 Anti-Aircraft (AA) Battery, 2/1st Australian AA Regiment, using shearlegs and block and tackle to raise the barrel of one of their unit's 3.7" AA guns
Darwin, NT. 1940-11. Men of No. 1 Section, No. 2 Anti-Aircraft (AA) Battery, 2/1st Australian AA Regiment, using shearlegs and block and tackle to raise the barrel of one of their unit's 3.7" AA guns
Darwin, NT. 1940-11. Men of No. 1 Section, No. 2 Anti-Aircraft (AA) Battery, 2/1st Australian AA Regiment, using shearlegs and block and tackle to raise the barrel of one of their unit's 3.7" AA guns
Darwin, NT. 1940-11. Men of No. 1 Section, No. 2 Anti-Aircraft (AA) Battery, 2/1st Australian AA Regiment, using shearlegs and block and tackle to raise the barrel of one of their unit's 3.7" AA guns
Darwin, NT. 1940-11. Men of No. 1 Section, No. 2 Anti-Aircraft (AA) Battery, 2/1st Australian AA Regiment, scraping a barrel of one of their unit's 3.7" AA guns resting on wooden blocks. After scrapin
