The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Cairns, Qld. Unidentified members, probably of the 10th Australian Light Anti Aircraft Battery, standing around a Bofors 40mm Anti Aircraft gun emplacement opposite a row of houses on a street in Cairns. There is camouflage netting on a frame behind the gun emplacement, probably used to cover the gun when it is not in use. (Donor D. Stokes)
Cairns, Qld. Unidentified members, probably of the 10th Australian Light Anti Aircraft Battery, standing around a Bofors 40mm Anti Aircraft gun emplacement opposite a row of houses on a street in Cair
Cairns, Qld. Unidentified members, probably of the 10th Australian Light Anti Aircraft Battery, sitting on a Chevrolet 8440/CGT Field Artillery Tractor (H4542525 50293) used to tow a Bofors 40mm Anti
The crew of a 40mm Bofors anti aircraft gun (probably members of the 7th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, RAA) awaiting the next German aerial attack from a position overlooking Suda Bay, Crete. Note the
TRINITY BEACH AREA, QLD. 1944-09-06. TROOPS OF B TROOP, 158TH LIGHT ANTI-AIRCRAFT BATTERY, 53RD ANTI-AIRCRAFT REGIMENT USE A 6 WHEEL GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION M37 2.5 TON TRUCK TO TOW A BOFORS 40MM A
DARWIN, NT. 1942-11-12. MEMBERS OF 14TH AUSTRALIAN HEAVY ANTI-AIRCRAFT BATTERY MANNING A 40MM BOFORS ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN FOR THE DEFENCE OF THE BATTERY POSITIONS AGAINST LOW-FLYING AIRCRAFT.
SYDNEY, NSW. 1944-01-26. AUSTRALIAN AND NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATION UNIT NATIVES OPERATING A BOFORS 40MM ANTI AIRCRAFT GUN OF THE 655TH LIGHT ANTI-AIRCRAFT BATTERY.
