FIXED COAST DEFENCES
IN AUSTRALIA DURING WW2
Forts and Coastal Gun Batteries
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ANTI-AIRCRAFT ARTILLERY DEFENCES IN AUSTRALIA DURING WW2
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
| Big
Gun 155mm Gun at Logan Road, Springwood, Brisbane |
Cowan
Battery (Cowan Cowan, Moreton Island) |
Endeavour Battery (Torres Strait) |
| False
Cape Battery ( Cairns) |
Fort
Bribie (Bribie Island) |
Fort
Kissing Point (Townsville) |
| Fort
Lytton (Brisbane) |
Fort Rous (Moreton Island) |
Goods Battery (Torres Strait) |
| Headquarters for 40th Coastal Artillery Brigade (U.S. Army) |
Magazine Battery (Townsville Harbour) |
Magnetic
Island Forts (Magnetic Island) |
| Millman Battery (Torres Strait) |
Pallarenda Battery (Townsville) |
Skirmish
Battery (Bribie Island) |
| Turtle Battery (Torres Strait) |
NEW SOUTH WALES
| Banks Battery (Sydney) |
Breakwater
Battery (Kembla) |
Drummond Battery (Kembla) |
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Fort Redhead Glenrock State Recreational Area |
Fort
Scratchley (Newcastle) |
Fort Wallace, Stockton near Newcastle, NSW (Wallace Battery) |
| Gun
Emplacement, Middle Harbour, Chowder Bay (Sydney) |
Henry Battery (Sydney) |
Hornby Battery (Sydney) |
| Iloura Battery (Kembla) |
Juno Point
Battery (Hawkesbury) |
La
Perouse Battery (Sydney) |
| Malabar Battery (Sydney) |
Middle
Battery Middle Head Fortress (Sydney) |
North Battery (Sydney) |
| Park Battery (Newcastle) |
Signal Battery (Sydney) |
Shelley Battery (Sydney) |
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South Head Fort or Hornby Battery (Sydney) |
Tomaree Battery (Port Stephens) |
West Battery (Sydney) |
| West Head
Battery (Hawkesbury) is this the West Battery? |
Wollongong Hill, 60 Battery |
NORTHERN TERRITORY
| Dudley Battery (Darwin) |
East Battery (Darwin) |
Emery Battery (Darwin) |
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
| Largs Battery (Adelaide) |
TASMANIA
Direction
Battery |
Pierson Battery (Hobart) |
VICTORIA
| Cribb Battery (Port Phillip) |
Crow's Nest
Battery (Port Phillip) |
Fort Cheviot |
| Fort Franklin? | Lonsdale Battery (Port Phillip) |
Fort
Queenscliff near Geelong |
| Nepean Battery (Port Phillip) |
Pearce Battery (Port Phillip) |
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
| Arthur's Head Battery | Bickley Battery (Rottnest Island) |
Buckland
Hill Gun emplacement (northern side of Port Fremantle) |
| Beacon Battery (Garden Island) |
Challenger
Battery also known as 'J' Battery (Garden Island) |
Collie? Battery (Fremantle) |
| Geraldton Battery (US Navy - 2 x 4" guns) |
Harbour Battery (Fremantle) |
Leighton Battery (Fremantle) |
| North and South Mole Battery | Oliver
Hill Battery (Rottnest Island) |
Peron Battery also known as 'K' Battery, (Cape Peron, Rockingham) |
| Princess
Royal Fortress (Albany) |
Rottnest Island Battery | Rottnest Island Army Stores buildings |
| Scriven
Battery, (Garden Island) |
South Fremantle | Swanbourne
Battery (Fremantle) |
The following map is from the book "The Gunners - A History of Australian Artillery" by David Horner. It shows fixed defences in Australia, August 1944
Click on map to see full size picture
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
I'd like to thank Vic Jeffery for his assistance with this home page.
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This page first produced 13 May 2003
This page last updated 24 March 2008
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