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Location
Located at Gemo Island inside Fairfax Harbor offshore Port Moresby.
Construction
One of the Port Moresby
Gun Batteries, in mid-April, 1944, the Australian 8th Army
Troops Company / Royal Engineers built a gun battery facing east.
It accommodated two 6 pound guns, with a concrete ammunition storage
area and bunker behind it. They used building materials transported
to the island by barge and a small trolley system.
Two pillboxes
were built on the beach and a small dock. An encampment area was
located to the side of the guns, halfway up the hillside.
Today
The foundation of the battery and pillboxes are still present
to this day.
References
The 'Letter' Batteries for
dates and information related to this battery. John Douglas' The
Coastal Gun Batteries of Port Moresby - Then & Now
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Last Updated
March 4, 2009
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