651ST LIGHT ANTI-AIRCRAFT BATTERY
IN AUSTRALIA DURING WW2

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The 651st Light Anti-aircraft Battery (651 LAA) established its headquarters at Whinstanes near the Old Cotton Mill in Brisbane, Queensland. The Commanding Officer of the 651st was Captain Col Fraser, RAA. By 1944, the 651st Battery had its four Bofors anti-aircraft guns located at:-

• Whinstanes

• Cloudland, Bowen Hills

• Newstead Park, Breakfast Creek

• Myrtletown (on a farm)

Anti-aircraft installations in Australia during WW2 

REFERENCES

"Fortress Brisbane"
By D.W. Spethman and R.G. Miller

Heaps of WW2 books available at Amazon.com

This page first produced 13 May 2003

This page last updated 13 May 2003