Whyalla Hummocks Hill anti-aircraft battery site, Eyre Peninsula South Australia

            Plaque at Hummocks Hill - 

"On this site an anti-aircraft battery of four guns, a commando post, and a signals post, was manned by the 26th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery from February 1942, to August 1944 to protect the BHP loading jetty and shipbuilding yards against possible Japanese air and/or naval attack"

Taken on: September 9, 2019

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Sets appears in: • Eyre Peninsula South Australia September 2019 • War Memorials South Australia 'W to Y'

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Camera: Panasonic DC-TZ90, f/3.3, 1/125 sec, 4.3mm, ISO 80 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Panasonic DC-TZ90
Aperture:	f/3.3
Exposure Time:	0.008 sec (1/125)
Focal Length:	4.3mm
ISO:	80
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Auto, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Program AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Windows Photo Editor 10.0.10011.16384
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