The first World War II Fort built to defend was, completed in September 1939 as a close defence and observation battery. In 1940, a Battery Observation Post for the Breakwater Battery was built on Hill 60 to the south, above Red Point. was built in 1942 so that guns and associated fort were protected and concealed from the air with two tunnels driven into the sandy headland to house the gun personnel, kitchen, gun store, magazin. Malabar Battery was a coastal defence battery built in 1943 during at in, Australia. The battery is also known as Boora Point Battery. The battery was constructed to complement the existing coastal defence batteries at nearby, and.
An observation port is a vertical pipe buried in the ground used to determine the water level beneath the surface. It has a cap/lid at the surface (similar to a cleanout) for observation access. Small slots are cut along the length of the pipe. The bottom of the pipe is not capped and is set in the undisturbed soil.
The Illowra Battery Observation Post was built in 1942, at the same time as the Fort tunnels were excavated. The Battery Observation Post function for the Illowra Battery moved to Berkeley Hill, and the Observation Post for Breakwater moved to the Gallipoli Street, Port Kembla (aka Bowling Club) site.
The battery is also known as Boora Point Battery . The battery was constructed to complement the existing coastal defence batteries at nearby Henry Battery, Banks Battery and Bare Island Fort . Two 6 inch Mark XII guns in gun emplacements on mountings were constructed at the battery.
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