BICKLEY BATTERY
ROTTNEST ISLAND,
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
DURING WW2
Photo: Vic Jeffery
Command Post at Bickley Battery, Rottnest island, WA in the 1990's
Photo: Vic Jeffery
The crumbling Command post at Bickley Battery in the 1990's
Photo: Vic Jeffery
6 inch gun emplacement, Bickley Battery, Rottnest Island, WA
Photo: Vic Jeffery
Views of sections of the Bickley Battery as the area look in the early 2000's.
Photo: Vic Jeffery
Views of sections of the Bickley Battery as the area look in the early 2000's.
A view of one of the two 6-inch
guns mounted at Bickley Battery having
its barrel cleaned. This is an early photo as none of the associated
facilities, barbed wire, greenery, camouflage, etc. are in place.
Photo: Vic Jeffery Collection
Painted in their drab camouflage
scheme, a view of the two
gun shields for the 6-inch guns of Bickley Battery on Rottnest
Island awaiting rail transport from the foreshore to the battery site.
Photo: Vic Jeffery Collection
6 inch gun shield being moved into position at Bickley Battery
Photo: Vic Jeffery Collection
Bickley Battery in about 1960,
showing a 6-inch barrel on blocks with the emplacement
and gun shield visible on the left. Note the weather protection which had been
erected.
Photo: Vic Jeffery
A shot of a 6-inch gun barrel retrieved
from Bickley Battery on
Rottnest Island now on display at the former Kingstown Barracks,
now an environmental centre for school children.
Photo: Vic Jeffery Collection
Scrap on Rottnest Island
Army Stores buildings on Rottnest Island
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I'd like this thank Vic Jeffery for his assistance with this home page.
Can anyone help me with more information?
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