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Peron Battery

1943 establishments in Australia1944 disestablishments in AustraliaArtillery battery fortifications in AustraliaFremantle FortressGeographic coordinate lists
Lists of coordinatesPeron, Western AustraliaState Register of Heritage Places in the City of RockinghamUse Australian English from May 2020Western Australian places listed on the defunct Register of the National Estate
Replica of a Canon de 155 mm GPF at Point Peron “K” Battery, January 2021 04
Replica of a Canon de 155 mm GPF at Point Peron “K” Battery, January 2021 04

The Peron Battery, at Cape Peron, was the southernmost of the Fremantle Fortress coastal defence batteries in Western Australia. Also referred to as K Heavy Battery, it was established in January 1943 and, like the Challenger Battery on near-by Garden Island, it was equipped with two mobile 155 mm guns. Additionally, it also operated two 18-pounder guns which were withdrawn once the Collie Secondary Battery became operational on Garden Island. The duty of the main guns was to cover the southern access to Cockburn Sound while the 18-pounder guns protected the a boom net which spanned between Cape Peron and Garden Island. The main battery was withdrawn again in December 1944 but the observation post and one of the Panama mounts of the Peron Battery are still preserved and accessible. The Peron Battery became Western Australian State Register of Heritage Places listed on 13 October 2019.

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Peron Battery
Point Peron Road, City of Rockingham

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N -32.26742 ° E 115.687291 °
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Peron Battery northern gun position

Point Peron Road
6169 City of Rockingham, Peron
Western Australia, Australia
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Replica of a Canon de 155 mm GPF at Point Peron “K” Battery, January 2021 04
Replica of a Canon de 155 mm GPF at Point Peron “K” Battery, January 2021 04
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