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Australian Army Museum of Western Australia > Records

Western Australia, Inter-War (1920 - 1939), Rottnest Island, Oliver Hill Battery, Installation 1937

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1937

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Photograph of team using a gyn (tripod) to lower auxilliary generator into engine room during construction of Oliver Hill Battery.

Historical information

In photo from right to left Jock Martin, Sapper George Marinner holding the chain, Captain Vernon Lucas, unknown, Tom Crompton. Note, after enquiries from family members of Captain Lake in 2014, it is now thought that the officer is Captain Lake and not Captain Lucas.

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cwa-org-32-MIL1994.014

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Defence > Army
War and Conflict

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