The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 Oval Camp, located at a local sports ground, where they had been based since July 1940. The 3.7 inch guns had been recently installed in their semi-permanent positions. Note the limber on which the 3 inch gun is mounted has had its wheels removed.
Darwin, NT. 1940-11. Members of No. 2 Anti-Aircraft (AA) Battery, 2/1st Australian AA Regiment at Oval Camp, located at a local sports ground, during a live fire training exercise. The gun crew at cen
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. 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
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
