The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 centre rear are manning a mobile 3 inch AA gun that has had the wheels removed from its carriage. The two gunners on the right are observing exploding rounds and possible relaying firing instructions to the gun via the large board on the stand between them. Note the sports stand in the distant left. The battery had been based at Oval Camp since July 1940.
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. 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. Four members of No. 1 Section, No. 2 Anti-Aircraft (AA) Battery, 2/1st Australian AA Regiment, standing on and beside a newly assembled 3.7" AA gun. Gunner E. Farr-Wharton, an art
Darwin, NT. 1940-11. Four members of No. 1 Section, No. 2 Anti-Aircraft (AA) Battery, 2/1st Australian AA Regiment, standing on and beside a newly assembled 3.7" AA gun. Gunner E. Farr-Wharton, an art
