Description
Sergeant Frank J Parmiter of Coburg, Vic, and Corporal Ivan G Pritchard, of Kensington, NSW, spotters with the New Guinea Air Warning Wireless Company (NGAWW), at work beside their AWA radio at an observation post (or spotting station) in jungle between Nassau Bay and Mubo, in the Dobodura Sub Sector of the network. The AWA teleradio 3BZ was a civilian radio, the military use of which was limited to NGAWW and Coastwatchers, who had no other equipment available to them at the outbreak of hostilities. Parmiter was later awarded the Military Medal (MM) on 27 April 1944. A better copy of this image also held at 015364.
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Accession Number
P01035.012
Photographer
Gordon Herbert Short
Classification
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Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Credit Line
Donor Alex Perin
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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