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World War 2, Western Australia, Rottnest, Oliver Hill, Battery Plotting Room, Layout, 1938

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Coast Artillery Fire Control - Target and Projectile Coincidence

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Layout of Coast Artillery instrumentation in the Oliver Hill Battery Plotting Room. The Rottnest Island Fortress Plotting Room complex is a semi-buried complex within the Oliver Hill perimeter. In the original build of 1936-38 it contained the Oliver Hill Battery Plotting Room. and a miniature range for coast artillery drills. It was expanded in 1942 to include a Fortress Plotting Room.

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cwa-org-32-54-525

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This entry is based on research, documentation and technical drawings prepared by John Mercer during many years as a leading member of the Rottnest Island Military Restoration Committee and the Defence Heritage Interpretation Plan Group.

Links to additional resources

Instrument - Fire Direction Table No 38

Instrument - Ballistic Correction Calculator No 1 Mk 1

Instrument - Coordinate Converter

Instrument - Battery Plotting Room Switch

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