World War 2, Australia, Western Australia, Exmouth Gulf, Light Anti Aircraft, 1942
1942View of 40 mm Bofors gun and gunners at Exmouth Gulf. The Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/60 (often referred to simply as the "Bofors gun") was an anti-aircraft autocannon, designed in the 1930s by the Swedish arms manufacturer AB Bofors. The gun was designed as an intermediate anti-aircraft gun, filling the gap between fast firing close-range small calibre anti-aircraft guns and slower firing long-range high calibre anti-aircraft guns. The Bofors 40 mm L/60 was suited for this role and outperformed competing designs. It entered the export market around 1932 and was in service with 18 countries by 1939. During World War 2 it was used by armies on both sides.
On the 18 September 1943, 4th Aust HAA Battery was disbanded, becoming the HQ 102nd Aust Composite AA Regiment (HE) based at Guildford. It then comprising 140th Aust HAA Battery responsible for the 452nd and 453rd HAA Gun stations with the troops renamed “A” and “B” at Exmouth Gulf. The light AA units, 151st and 152nd Aust LAA Batteries were originally units of the. 109th Aust LAA Regiment.
The 3 Aust Corps Location Statement 21st August, Regimental HQ at Guildford, the 151st Battery (less one troop), Redcliffe, “R” Battery (one troop 151st Battery} at Exmouth, 152nd Battery (less one troop) at Geraldton, one troop of 152nd Battery at Pearce.
The digitised War Diaries of 140 Heavy Anti Aircraft Battery are available through the Australian War memorial at
https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C2661371
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