The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
The hut at Mape, Portuguese Timor, used by the signals section, Force Headquarters, 2/2 Independent Company. It was here that the famous transmitter Winnie the war-winner, a masterpiece of improvisation, the wireless set was constructed by TX4745 Signalman Max Lyndon Loveless.
MAPE, PORTUGUESE TIMOR 1945-12-12. IT WAS IN THIS AREA THAT THE 2/2ND INDEPENDENT COMPANY HAD ITS FORCE HEADQUARTERS FROM APRIL TO AUGUST 1942 AND WHERE SPARROW FORCE FIRST MADE CONTACT WITH AUSTRALIA
Soon after the Japanese moved into Timor, the Australians were without communications to the mainland and under the direction of a young technician TX4745 Signalman (Sig) Max Lyndon Loveless built a w
TAI BESSI, PORTUGUESE TIMOR 1945-12-24. IN THIS BUILDING, LIEUTENANT J. GARNET, 2/2ND INDEPENDENT COMPANY, MET PORTUGUESE NATIONALS DURING THE JAPANESE OCCUPATION. TO GARNET GOES THE CREDIT FOR THE "I
HOBART, AUSTRALIA. 1943-04-18. TX4745, SIGNALLER M. L. LOVELESS OF TASMANIA L. OF C. AREA SIGNALS, NO. 3 WIRELESS SECTION WHO CONSTRUCTED THE WIRELESS SET WITH WHICH THE 2ND AND 3RD INDEPENDENT COMPAN
Hand made transceiver set which was constructed from parts obtained from a commercial Portuguese wireless set, parts from a 101 and 109 Australian Wireless sets, and salvaged parts from the demolished
MELBOURNE, AUS. THE WIRELESS SET - KNOWN AFFECTIONATELY BY THE COMMANDOS WHO FOUGHT IN TIMOR IN 1942, AS WINNIE THE WAR WINNER, AN EXHIBIT AT THE AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL, CANBERRA. FIGHTING AS GUERILL
