POINT LONSDALE, VIC. 1943-04. GUNNERY PRACTISE BY DAY. THIS PERFECTLY CAMOUFLAGED SIX INCH GUN OF ...

Place Oceania: Australia, Victoria, Port Phillip Bay, Point Lonsdale
Accession Number 051187
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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Description

POINT LONSDALE, VIC. 1943-04. GUNNERY PRACTISE BY DAY. THIS PERFECTLY CAMOUFLAGED SIX INCH GUN OF PORT PHILLIP FIXED DEFENCES FOUND THE TARGET WITH DEADLY ACCURACY AT A DISTANCE OF APPROXIMATELY FOUR MILES. THE SMOKE FROM THE BARREL PRODUCES A HAZY EFFECT ON THE LIGHTHOUSE.