015631 Accession Number: 015631

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HEAVY ANTI AIRCRAFT GUNS MANNED BY QUEENSLANDERS FIRING DURING THE BATTERY'S FIRST SHOOT WITH LIVE ROUNDS. THE TARGET, TOWED BY A PLANE, WAS HIT WITH THE THIRD ROUND. CIVILIANS WHO ENLISTED IN THE V.D.C. TO RELEASE TROOPS FOR THE FRONT LINE COMPRISED THE BATTERY PERSONNEL. THEY PROVED THEIR STANDARD AT ANTI AIRCRAFT BATTERY EFFICIENCY WAS EQUAL TO THAT OF MANY FULL TIME SERVICE UNITS.

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Accession Number
015631
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Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
1 September 1943
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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