FIXED COAST DEFENCES
IN AUSTRALIA DURING WW2
Forts and Coastal Gun Batteries
ANTI-AIRCRAFT ARTILLERY DEFENCES IN AUSTRALIA DURING WWII
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
| Bandicoot Battery Emu Battery (Combyuro Point, Moreton Island) |
Big
Gun 155mm Gun at Logan Road, Springwood, Brisbane |
Cowan
Battery (Cowan Cowan, Moreton Island) |
| Endeavour Battery (aka Entrance Battery) (Torres Strait) |
False
Cape Battery ( Cairns) |
Bribie Battery Fort Bribie (Bribie Island) |
| Fort
Kissing Point (aka Kissing Battery) (Townsville) |
Fort
Lytton Lytton Section (Brisbane) |
Rous Battery or Fort Rous (Moreton Island) |
| Goods Battery (aka Tucker Battery) (Torres Strait) |
HQ Torres Strait Fixed
Defences HQ Coast Artillery Torres Strait HQ Torres Strait Coast Artillery |
Headquarters for 40th Coastal Artillery Brigade (U.S. Army) |
| HQ Townsville Fixed Defences HQ Coast Artillery Townsville HQ Townsville Coast Artillery |
King Section (King Point, Horn Island) |
Magazine Battery (Townsville Harbour) |
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Magnetic Battery (aka Magnetic Island Forts) (Magnetic Island) |
Milman Battery (Torres Strait) |
Pallarenda Battery (Townsville) |
| Portland Roads Battery Coast Artillery, Portland Roads |
Skirmish
Battery (aka Woorim Battery) (Bribie Island) |
Turtle Battery (Torres Strait) |
NEW SOUTH WALES
| Banks Battery (Sydney) |
Bare Section (aka Bare Battery) |
Botany Fire Command |
| Bowen Battery Coast Artillery Jervis Bay (aka Bowen Section) |
Breakwater
Battery (aka Kembla Battery) (Southern harbour breakwater, Port Kembla) |
Bradley Section Cobblers Section Shelley Section |
| Broken Section | Brooklyn Section (near Brooklyn) |
Casemate Battery |
| Cronulla Section (aka Port Hacking Section) |
Drummond Battery (Port Kembla) |
Dune Battery (Dune Section near Fort Wallace) |
|
Fish Battery (South of Fisherman's Beach, Port Kembla) |
Fort Banks North of Cape Banks, La Perouse |
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Fort Redhead Glenrock State Recreational Area |
Fort
Scratchley (aka Scratchley Battery) (Newcastle) |
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| Fort Wallace, Stockton near Newcastle, NSW (Wallace Battery) | Georges Heights Battery aka Georges Battery Hornby Battery |
Goon Battery (mouth of Tom Thumb Lagoon, Port Kembla) |
| Gun
Emplacement, Middle Harbour, Chowder Bay (Sydney) |
Hawkesbury Fire Command | Henry Section |
| HQ Sydney Fixed Defences HQ Coastal Artillery, Sydney HQ Sydney Coastal Artillery |
Henry Battery (Sydney) |
Hornby Battery (Sydney) |
|
Illowra Battery, Wollongong Hill, 60 Battery (Red Point, Port Kembla) |
Inner Harbour Defence Fire Command |
Juno Section aka Juno Point Battery (Hawkesbury) |
| Laing Battery Green Section |
La
Perouse Battery (Sydney) |
Macquarie Battery (Vaucluse, Sydney) |
| Malabar Battery (Sydney) |
Mark Battery | Middle
Battery Middle Head Fortress (Sydney) |
| Mole Battery (Northern breakwater, Port Kembla) |
Nebo Battery (Red Hill, Port Kembla) |
North Battery (Sydney) |
| Park Battery (aka
Shepherd Battery) (Newcastle) |
Port Kembla Fire command HQ Port Kembla Fixed Defences HQ Coast Artillery Kembla HQ Kembla Coast Artillery |
Rail Section (aka Mole
Section (1)) Hunter Section (aka Nobby's Section) |
|
Signal Battery (Sydney) |
South Head Fort or Hornby Battery (Sydney) |
Tomaree Battery (Port Stephens) |
| Tumbledown Section (overlooking Resolute Bay) |
West Battery (Sydney) |
West Head
Battery (Hawkesbury) |
NORTHERN TERRITORY
| Dudley Battery (Darwin) |
East Battery (Darwin) |
Emery Battery (Darwin) |
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
| Largs Battery Adelaide Fixed Defences Heavy Battery Adelaide Fixed Defences Heavy Artillery Adelaide Coast Artillery (VDC) (Adelaide) |
Birkenhead
Section Outer Harbour Section |
TASMANIA
Direction
Battery |
HQ Hobart
Fortress HQ Heavy Artillery Hobart Covering Force HQ Hobart Fixed Defences HQ Coast Artillery, Hobart HQ Hobart Coastal Artillery |
Pierson Battery (Hobart) |
VICTORIA
| Cribb Battery (Port Phillip) |
Crow's Nest
Battery (Port Phillip) |
Fort Cheviot |
| Franklin Section | HQ RAA Command
Port Phillip HQ Port Phillip Fixed Defences HQ Coastal Artillery Port Phillip HQ Port Phillip Coastal Artillery HQ Fixed Defences Victoria |
Queenscliff
Battery Fort Queenscliff near Geelong |
| Lonsdale Battery (Port Phillip) |
Nepean Battery (Port Phillip) |
Pearce Battery (Port Phillip) |
| Sandringham Training Battery |
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
| Arthur's Head Battery | Bickley Battery (Rottnest Island) |
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, Buckland
Hill (northern side of Port 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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