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Inter War, Western Australia, Rottnest Island, Oliver Hill Battery. Installation . Pump Chamber motor and pump. WO II WAGHORN, Battery Master Gunner

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c. 1937

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Constructing Rottnest Defence Infrastructure 1935-1939

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Using sheer legs to lower elctric motor and part of the hydraulic pump into the pump chamber beneath 9.2" gun at Oliver Hill Battery. The Warrant Officer in charge is WOII Waghorn the Battery Master Gunner. He was responsible for the maintenance of the gu

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cwa-org-32-AMWA65052

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War and Conflict

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P2020.99.133
MIL1988.129

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-32.007121880248, 115.51699560852

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