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WINDSOR PARK, QLD. 1944-01-15. VOLUNTEER DEFENCE CORPS PERSONNEL OF THE 56TH SEARCHLIGHT BATTERY OPERATING A BOFORS ANTI-AIRCRAFT FITTED WITH A MAKE SHIFT .303 BREN GUN DURING A TRAINING UNIT EXERCISE. THE BREN GUN WAS USED FOR TRAINING SIMULATION AS A SUBSTITUTE TO FIRING 40 MM AMMUNITION. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE: GUNNER N. FRASER (1); CORPORAL P. STEWART (2); GUNNER M. S. TOMS (3); GUNNER R. WHITBREAD (4); CORPORAL T. USHER (5).
WINDSOR PARK, QLD. 1944-01-15. VOLUNTEER DEFENCE CORPS PERSONNEL OF THE 56TH SEARCHLIGHT BATTERY OPERATING A SOUND LOCATOR DURING A NIGHT TRAINING EXERCISE. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE: PRIVATE E. H. WAL
WINDSOR PARK, QLD. 1944-01-15. PRIVATE E. W. SAVAGE, AND PRIVATE W. T. MITCHELL VOLUNTEER DEFENCE CORPS MEMBERS OF THE 56TH SEARCHLIGHT BATTERY OPERATING A SEARCHLIGHT DURING A NIGHT TRAINING EXERCISE
LYTTON, QLD. 1944-01-16. GUNNER H. SILVER (LEFT) AND GUNNER K. GRAY (RIGHT) OF B TROOP 651ST LIGHT ANTI-AIRCRAFT BATTERY, VOLUNTEER DEFENCE CORPS PREPARING A BOX KITE FOR THEIR BOFORS ANTI-AIRCRAFT SU
LYTTON, QLD. 1944-01-16. MEMBERS OF B TROOP, 651ST LIGHT ANTI-AIRCRAFT BATTERY, VOLUNTEER DEFENCE CORPS OPERATING THEIR BOFORS GUN DURING THEIR SUB-CALIBRE PRACTICE SHOOT. IN THIS EXERCISE A .303 BREN
Nudgee Beach, Qld. 1944-01-07. Australian Women's Army Service (AWAS) personnel of the 56th Australian Searchlight Battery receiving training in the use of a Bren gun. Left to right: Gunner G. F. Hold
VIC. 1943-03-09. CORPORAL B. WICKENS OF THE AUSTRALIAN VOLUNTEER DEFENCE CORPS MANNING A BREN GUN DURING A TRAINING EXERCISE.
