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Inter War, Western Australia, Rottnest Island. Bickley Battery, Installation. Mounting 6 inch Mk XI gun. 6 Heavy Battery Royal Australian Artillery

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1938

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Constructing Rottnest Defence Infrastructure 1935-1939

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Mounting 6-inch MKXI Coast gun at Bickley Battery Rottnest Island. Believed to have been photographed early 1938, date not confirmed. Equipment mounting and cradle in positon - sheer legs in position over the mounting. Personnel from 6th Heavey Battery Gu

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cwa-org-32-AMWA65094

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War and Conflict

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P2020.99.78
MIL1988.172

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-32.008930415593, 115.55303483473

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