The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Darwin, NT. 1940-11. The base of the mounting of a 3.7" Anti-Aircraft (AA) gun belonging to No. 2 Anti-Aircraft (AA) Battery, 2/1st Australian AA Regiment. Note the wood used to protect the levelling screw from fresh concrete being used to fix the gun in place. The battery was in the process of installing its guns at Oval Camp, located at a local sports ground, from July 1940.
Darwin, NT. 1940-11. Members of No. 1 Section, No. 2 Anti-Aircraft (AA) Battery, 2/1st Australian AA Regiment, standing by a newly assembled 3.7" AA gun. They are awaiting the arrival of fresh concret
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 a steam shovel to lower a cradle onto a mounting for one of their unit's 3.7" AA guns.
Darwin, NT. 1940-11. 3.7 inch Anti-Aircraf Guns (left, centre distance, and right) and a 3 inch AA gun (second from left) belonging to No. 2 Anti-Aircraft (AA) Battery, 2/1st Australian AA Regiment at
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 a steam shovel to unload a mounting for one of their unit's 3.7" AA guns from the back
