6 (387th) Australian Heavy Anti-Aircraft (HAA) Battery

6 Heavy Anti-Aircraft Group

This site was an integral part of the Australian Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery system designed to protect Brisbane in the event of enemy air raids during World War II. After the raid on Darwin in February 1942, many felt that as Brisbane was the largest city in Queensland, it would be the next to experience a large-scale raid by the Japanese. It was one of limited number of four gun anti-aircraft positions sited along the Brisbane River. Only the sites at Lytton, Hemmant and Balmoral are known to survive.

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580 Wynnum Road

Morningside, QLD 4170

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History

The 6 [387^th] Australian Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery (or 6 HAA Group) was constructed in 1942, as part of a program to monitor and prevent aircraft entering Brisbane airspace using the Brisbane River as a navigational aid. Its role was also to protect Allied facilities located along the river, including airfields, camps, a submarine base and their associated stores. The 6 HAA Group was a collection of “A class” (four static guns) defensive positions. These included; Colmslie [385] (also known as Lytton), Victoria Park [386], Balmoral [387], Pinkenba [388], Hendra [389], Hemmant [390], Amberley [391], and Archerfield [392].

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