COASTAL DEFENCES PORT KEMBLA, NSW
IN AUSTRALIA DURING WWII
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Breakwater
Battery (Southern harbour breakwater, Port Kembla) |
Drummond Battery (Port Kembla) |
Fish Battery (Fisherman's Beach, Port Kembla) |
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Goon Battery (mouth of Tom Thumb Lagoon, Port Kembla) |
Illowra Battery, (Hill 60, Red Point, Port Kembla) |
Mole Section (Northern breakwater, Port Kembla) |
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Nebo Battery (Red Hill, Port Kembla) |
Port Kembla Fire Command Renamed to HQ Port Kembla Fixed Defences then HQ Coast Artillery Kembla, then HQ Kembla Coast Artillery |
The following Units were located in a holding pattern in the Port Kembla area but were not involved operationally:-
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Heavy Battery (Coast) Arrived ex NG in Jul 1944 - stayed Port Kembla area until Sep 1944 when they moved to La Perouse |
Map of Coastal Batteries around Port Kembla
Anti-aircraft Defences Port Kembla
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I'd like to thank Graham McKenzie-Smith AM for his assistance with this web page.
Can anyone help me with more information?
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This page first produced 30 December 2020
This page last updated 06 January 2021
