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Pillbox 014, Brick Hill / Deep Water bay [1939- ]

Submitted by David on Tue, 2008-10-28 19:21
Date Place completed: 
1939-01-01

The wartime map shows Pillbox 14 here.

Walking along Mills & Chung path I thought I could see a pillbox in the distance.

Pillbox

But when I walked over to take a look it's clear it was something much newer.

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2 Loophole
Beach Defence Unit
Island-Coastal PB

Pillbox 018, Repulse Bay

Submitted by Admin on Tue, 2008-10-28 18:57
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1946
A small section of this Hedda Morrison photo.

Pillbox 018, Repulse Bay [1939-????]

Submitted by David on Tue, 2008-10-28 18:55
Date Place completed: 
1939-01-01

I think we can see a pillbox towards the eastern end of the beach in this Hedda Morrison Photo:

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pillbox
2 Loophole
Beach Defence Unit
Island-Coastal PB

Pillbox 020, South Bay Beach [1939- ]

Submitted by David on Tue, 2008-10-28 18:10
Date Place completed: 
1939-01-01

The wartime map shows it at the southern end of South Bay. I took a look, but couldn't see any sign of it.

At the northern end of the beach was this concrete block that looked about the right size:

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pillbox
2 Loophole
Beach Defence Unit
Island-Coastal PB

Pillbox

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Pillbox

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Pillbox

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Pillbox

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Pillbox

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