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. The soldier in the centre is about to load a clip into the breech of the gun. 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
WERRIBEE, VIC. 1943-03. THE 112TH LIGHT ANTI-AIRCRAFT REGIMENT, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ARTILLERY, IS TRAINING NON COMBATANT PERSONNEL (SUCH AS SALVAGE AND OFFICE STAFF) IN THE USE OF ANTI-AIRCRAFT WEAPONS,
Three unidentified sailors in the aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne loading 40 mm ammunition in a Bofors mounting. The ammunition is prepared in clip form as it is placed in the breech. The gun crew a
PERTH, WA. 1943-03-27. AN ANTI-AIRCRAFT UNIT ADJUSTING THE BREECH BLOCK OF A 40MM BOFORS GUN DURING A DEMONSTRATION IN SUPPORT OF THE THIRD LIBERTY LOAN AS PART OF ARMY WEEK.
Melbourne, Vic. 1943-04-14. An Australian made 40mm Bofors anti-aircraft gun (Bofors Ack Ack) on display in Collins Street during a lunch hour Liberty Loan Rally.
