ANTI-AIRCRAFT ARTILLERY
DEFENCES
IN AUSTRALIA DURING WW2
Including Searchlight Batteries
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FIXED
COAST DEFENCES
(Forts and Coastal gun batteries)
Fixed Coast and Anti-Aircraft defences in Australia in September 1943 were organised as follows:-
| New South Wales | 2nd Australian Army |
| Northern Territory | NT Force |
| Queensland | 1st Australian Army |
| Victoria | 2nd Australian Army |
| Western Australia | 3rd Australian Corps |
QUEENSLAND
| BRISBANE
AREA
The Australian Heavy Anti-aircraft Batteries
in the Brisbane area were manned - 6th HAA
Battery The Australian Light anti-aircraft Batteries in the Brisbane area were manned by:- - 113th LAA Regiment
US Anti-aircraft Gun positions in the Brisbane area were manned by:- 94th
Coastal Artillery (AA) Regiment,
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| Abattoirs
Bofors Anti-aircraft gun site, Colmslie, Brisbane (now in suburb of Queensport) |
Anti-aircraft Guns and Searchlight Units on Mount Coot-tha | Archerfield
Airfield Heavy Anti-aircraft Battery (Australian Army) |
| Archerfield US Anti-aircraft Battery | Balmoral
Heavy Anti-aircraft Battery ( 3.7mm) (above Balmoral Bowls Club, Brisbane) |
Brisbane River US Anti-aircraft batteries (a number of positions) |
| Bulimba
Anti-aircraft gun site (end of Quay Street, Bulimba) |
Bulimba/Apollo Road Anti-aircraft gun site | Cloudland Light
Anti-aircraft Battery (Bowen Hills, near Luna Park) |
| Colmslie Heavy
Anti-aircraft Gun, later moved to Lytton (Colmslie Beach area?, Brisbane) |
Colmslie
Mobile Anti-aircraft Gun Site southern side of Lytton Road |
Eagle Farm US Anti-aircraft battery |
| Hemmant Heavy
Anti-aircraft Battery (Fleming Road. Hemmant, Brisbane) |
Hendra Heavy
Anti-aircraft Battery (West of Eagle Farm airfield) |
Hendra Light Anti-aircraft Battery |
| Kangaroo Point Light Anti-aircraft Battery | Morningside Anti-aircraft battery | Mount Gravatt U.S. Searchlight Battery (On top of Mount Gravatt, Brisbane) (On top of Mount Gravatt, Brisbane) (On top of Mount Gravatt, Brisbane) (On top of Mount Gravatt, Brisbane) (On top of Mount Gravatt, Brisbane) |
| Murrarie Anti-aircraft Searchlights, US Army | Myrtletown Light
Anti-aircraft Battery (On a farm at Myrtletown) |
Newstead Point
Light
Anti-Aircraft Battery (Australian) (Newstead Park, Breakfast Creek, Brisbane - Norman Banks of 2/6 Regiment was based there) |
| Petrie US Anti-aircraft battery | Pinkenba Heavy
Anti-aircraft Battery (east of Eagle Farm airfield) |
Victoria Park
Heavy Anti-aircraft Battery (Victoria Park Golf Course, Brisbane) |
| Whinstanes Light Anti-aircraft Battery | ||
| TOWNSVILLE AREA | ||
| 208th
Anti Aircraft Battalion Battery (The Strand, Stanton Hill, South Townsville, mouth of Ross River and Cape Cleveland) |
Jimmy's Lookout
Anti-aircraft Gun & Search Light Battery (Townsville) |
Mount St.
John 16 Heavy Anti-aircraft Battery (Townsville) |
| Nelly
Bay Anti-aircraft Battery (Magnetic Island) |
Pitt's Ridge Anti-aircraft
Battery (Between Oonoomba and Cluden in Townsville) |
Ross
Battery 7 Heavy Battery (southern side of the mouth of Ross River) |
| Stanton Hill Anti-aircraft
Battery Our Ladys Mount School, Townsville |
Wills Street
Anti-aircraft Gun (Townsville - on a rock ledge opposite the intersection with Wills Street) |
114
Light Anti Aircraft Artillery Regiment, 165 Battery, 607 Troop on Breakwater near Townsville Harbour |
| REST OF QUEENSLAND | ||
| 34th
Australian Anti-aircraft Battery at Kings Point, Horn Island |
Amberley Airfield Heavy Anti-aircraft Battery (Australian Army) | Lissner Park, Charters Towers American Anti-aircraft battery |
| Lowood US Anti-aircraft Battery | US
Anti-aircraft Battery & Radar Station McLelland's Lookout Paluma area |
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NEW SOUTH WALES
| Anti-aircraft Operations Room, 69 Milson Road, Cremorne, Sydney |
Balls Head Searchlight
Battery |
Cammeray Searchlight Battery |
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Clifton Gardens Searchlight Battery (Sydney Area) |
Cranbrook
Searchlight Battery (Sydney Area) |
Domain Searchlight Battery (Sydney Area) |
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Dover Heights
Searchlight Battery (Sydney Area) |
Gore Hill
Searchlight Battery (Sydney Area) |
Middle Head Searchlight Battery (Sydney Area) |
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Moore Park Searchlight Battery (Sydney Area) |
Lithgow anti-aircraft gun emplacements and bunkers |
Rose Bay Anti-aircraft Battery (Sydney Area) |
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Sydney University Searchlight Battery (Sydney Area) |
Vaucluse Searchlight Battery (Sydney Area) |
NORTHERN TERRITORY
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Peanut Farm Searchlight Battery |
Quarantine Searchlight Battery | Ironstone Searchlight Battery |
| Lee Point Searchlight Battery | Nightcliffe Searchlight Battery | Fanny's Bay Searchlight Battery |
| Dipstone Searchlight Battery | Leanyer Searchlight Battery | Bagot Searchlight Battery |
| Emery Point Searchlight Battery | Dudley Point Searchlight Battery | Searchlight HQ Camp at McMillan |
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
VICTORIA
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Search Light Control (Radar) Equipment
40mm Bofors Light Anti-aircraft gun
There were
obviously many more Anti-Aircraft Artillery
installation in Australia during WW2.
Can you please help me with more information?
I'd also like to know the names of the units that manned these guns
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This page first produced 13 May 2003
This page last updated 15 April 2007
AUSTRALIA
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