The FORT HISTORY page discusses the shots fired from Fort Nepean, on order from Fort Queenscliff, at the beginning of both World Wars.
While the coastal artillery guns at Fort Queenscliff were frequently fired for practice, they did not fire at an enemy. However, on 29 May 1940 the fort’s anti-aircraft battery fired three rounds at an unidentified aircraft.
On the topic of shots fired, in the early morning of 1 September 1942 a sentry at the Crows Nest Battery at Queenscliff, Gunner Hulston, was discovered missing from his post. Marks on the ground indicated a heavy object had been dragged along the beach. During the search for Gunner Hulston, two soldiers were fired upon with one being wounded in the thigh. On 10 September Gunner Hulston’s body was found in the sea off Queenscliff. For more information on this intriguing event see the post on ‘Murder at the Fort’.
The FORT HISTORY page discusses the shots fired from Fort Nepean, on order from Fort Queenscliff, at the beginning of both World Wars.
While the coastal artillery guns at Fort Queenscliff were frequently fired for practice, they did not fire at an enemy. However, on 29 May 1940 the fort’s anti-aircraft battery fired three rounds at an unidentified aircraft.
On the topic of shots fired, in the early morning of 1 September 1942 a sentry at the Crows Nest Battery at Queenscliff, Gunner Hulston, was discovered missing from his post. Marks on the ground indicated a heavy object had been dragged along the beach. During the search for Gunner Hulston, two soldiers were fired upon with one being wounded in the thigh. On 10 September Gunner Hulston’s body was found in the sea off Queenscliff. For more information on this intriguing event see the post on ‘Murder at the Fort’.