Aust pre-WW2 Arty Manuals
 

Gunners et al

I have the following manuals that my late father had kept since his pre-WW2 days in the New South Wales (Sydney) based "First Ant-Aircraft Battery at Mosman."

(I recall proving Mike Cecil a few years ago with some piccies of the Thornycroft Hathi gun tractor (with gun) in use with/by the above unit in the Narrabeen sandhills, Sydney in the 1930's.)

Those manuals are:

ARTILLERY SURVEY (Australia)
- Paper No. 5 - "Triangulation" 1934/39;
- Paper No. 6 - "Astronomy for Artillery Surveyors" 1933;
- Paper No. 3 - "Computations" 1935;
- Paper No. 4 - "Traversing" 1939.

I also have a small booklet "The Guns of Anglesea" (Barracks, Tasmania) undated.

In the 1990's, Dad was a member of the North Head (Sydney) Arty Museum.

As I have no plans for traversing, astronomy, triangulations etc, in the near future, perhaps someone could suggest an organisation who might be interested in these Aust. Army publications.

Thanks

Bruce Gilbert

books
 

The libary is active at the museum, contact the RAA Historical Company. a great source for info on all things Arty.