Anti-aircraft Artillery Defences in Australia during WW2

ANTI-AIRCRAFT ARTILLERY DEFENCES
IN AUSTRALIA DURING WW2
Including Searchlight Batteries

Fixed Coast and Anti-Aircraft defences in Australia in September 1943 were organised as follows:-

BRISBANE AREA The Australian Heavy Anti-aircraft Batteries in the Brisbane area were manned by the following Batteries of the 2/2nd HAA Regiment:- - 6th HAA Battery - 38th HAA Battery - 2/5th HAA Battery The Australian Light anti-aircraft Batteries in the Brisbane area were manned by:- - 113th LAA Regiment - 114th LAA Regiment US Anti-aircraft Gun positions in the Brisbane area were manned by:- 94th Coastal Artillery (AA) Regiment, 40th Anti-aircraft Brigade
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	Lytton 6th H.A.A. Gun Station 385 Lytton adjacent to Fort Lytton (formerly 385 Colmslie) In service Aug 43, disbanded Jan 45	Morningside Anti-aircraft battery
Mount Gravatt U.S. Searchlight Battery (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
79th Australian Anti-aircraft Search Light Battery (79 Aust AASL Bty) (Pallarenda/Rowes Bay, Townsville)	136 Australian Heavy Anti-aircraft Battery Mount St. John	190 Australian Anti-aircraft Searchlight Troop, Pallarenda
191 Australian Anti-aircraft Searchlight Troop, Aitkenvale	208th Anti Aircraft Battalion Battery (The Strand, Stanton Hill, South Townsville, mouth of Ross River and Cape Cleveland)	232 Australian Light Anti-aircraft Battery, "A" Troop, Mount St. John
232 Australian Light Anti-aircraft Battery, "B" Troop, Garbutt	393 Australian Heavy Anti-Aircraft Gun Station Class A Mount St John	394 Australian Heavy Anti-aircraft Gun Station Class A Pallarenda
395 Australian Heavy Anti-aircraft Gun Station Class A Strand	396 Australian Heavy Anti-aircraft Gun Station Aitkenvale (Now 7-9 Bartlett St, Mundingburra)	445 Australian Heavy Anti-aircraft Gun Station, Nelly Bay, Magnetic Island
476 Australian Heavy Anti-aircraft Troop, Ross River	556 Australian Light Anti-aircraft Battery "A" Troop, Garbutt Airfield (556 Aust. Lt. A.A. Bty "A" Tp)	556 Australian Light Anti-aircraft Battery "A" Troop, Garbutt (556 Aust. Lt. A.A. Bty "B" Tp)
607 Australian Light Anti-aircraft Troop (607 Lt AA Bty), Harbour Area Townsville	Headquarters (LE) North Queensland Anti-aircraft Group HQ (LE) North Qld A.A. Group, 7 Paxton St., Townsville	Headquarters 7 Australian Heavy Anti-aircraft Battery (H.Q. 7 Aust Hy A.A. Bty) 128 Sussex St
Headquarters 16 Australian Heavy Anti-aircraft Battery, Jimmy's Lookout (H.Q. 16 Aust. HAA Bty.	Headquarters 52 Australian Anti-aircraft Searchlight Battery (M) (H.Q. 52 Aust. A.A.S.L. Bty) Ross River/Aitkenvale	Headquarters 75 Australian Mobile Searchlight Battery (H.Q. 75 Aust Mobile S/L Bty) Pallarenda
Headquarters 109 Australian Heavy Searchlight Troop (H.E.), Horseshoe Bay, Magnetic Island (H.Q. 109 Aust Hy. S.L. Tp.) Pallarenda	Headquarters 110 Australian Heavy Searchlight Troop (H.E.), Aitkenvale H.Q. 110 Aust. Hy. S.:. Tp. (H.E.)	Headquarters 111 Australian Heavy Searchlight Troop (HE) (H.Q. 111 Aust. Hy. S.L. Tp.) Mundingburra/Aitkenvale
Headquarters 112 Australian Heavy Searchlight Troop (HE), Cluden Racecourse H.Q. 112 Aust. Hy. S.L. Tp. (H.E.)	Headquarters 124 Australian Heavy Searchlight Troop (HE), Pallarenda H.Q. 124 Aust. Hy. S.L. Tp. (H.E.)	Headquarters 129 Australian Heavy Searchlight Troop (HE), Mundingburra H.Q. 129 Aust. Hy. S.L. Tp. (H.E.)
Headquarters 556 Australian Light Anti-aircraft Battery, Mount St. John (H.Q. 556 Aust Lt. A.A. Bty)	Jimmy's Lookout Anti-aircraft Gun & Search Light Battery (Townsville)	Mount St. John 16 Heavy Anti-aircraft Battery HQ 16 Aust AA Bty (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	Townsville Anti-aircraft Operations Room A.A. Ops Room 7 Paxton St, 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

There were obviously many more Anti-Aircraft Artillery
installation in Australia during WW2.

New South Wales	2nd Australian Army
Northern Territory	NT Force
Queensland	1st Australian Army
Victoria	2nd Australian Army
Western Australia	3rd Australian Corps

Anti-aircraft Operations Room, 69 Milson Road, Cremorne, Sydney	Balls Head Searchlight Battery (Sydney Area)	Cammeray Searchlight Battery (Sydney Area)
Clifton Gardens Searchlight Battery (Sydney Area)	Cranbrook Searchlight Battery (Sydney Area)	Domain Searchlight Battery (Sydney Area)
Dover Heights Searchlight Battery (Sydney Area)	Gore Hill Searchlight Battery (Sydney Area)	Middle Head Searchlight Battery (Sydney Area)
Moore Park Searchlight Battery (Sydney Area)	Lithgow anti-aircraft gun emplacements and bunkers	Rose Bay Anti-aircraft Battery (Sydney Area)
Sydney University Searchlight Battery (Sydney Area)	Vaucluse Searchlight Battery (Sydney Area)

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