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NOT ONLY IS CAMOUFLAGE USED IN THE FIELD TO CONCEAL OBJECTS AND POSITIONS FROM AERIAL AND GROUND OBSERVATION, BUT BY THE USE OF DUMMY POSITIONS, EQUIPMENT AND MEN TO INDUCE THE ENEMY TO WASTE HIS DESTRUCTIVE ENDEAVOURS ON A DUMMY TARGET. HERE IS PICTURED A DUMMY BOFORS ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN WITH DUMMY CREW AFTER A RAID. SIMILAR GUNS AND DUMMIES MADE BY LIEUTENANT W.J. WILKIE OF THE CAMOUFLAGE SECTION, 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION, AT TOBRUK WERE DIVE-BOMBED AND MACHINE-GUNNED REPEATEDLY BY THE LUFTWAFFE (GERMAN AIR FORCE).
LIEUTENANT W.J. WILKIE, OFFICER IN CHARGE OF THE CAMOUFLAGE SECTION, 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION, AND PRIVATE B.N. SHANAHAN DISCUSSING DRAWINGS OF DUMMY EQUIPMENT ON THE DRAFTING TABLE. THIS SECTION, AS W
THE IMPORTANT ROLE OF CAMOUFLAGE IN THE FIELD PROVIDES, NOT ONLY CONCEALMENT OF OBJECTS AND POSITIONS, BUT ALSO THE USE OF DUMMY POSITIONS AND EQUIPMENT TO INDUCE THE ENEMY TO EXPEND EFFORT AND AMMUNI
A MEMBER OF THE CAMOUFLAGE TRAINING UNIT SECTION, 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION, ARRANGING A DUMMY GUNNER TO A DUMMY BOFORS ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN. SIMILAR DUMMY GUNS AND CREW ERECTED BY THIS SECTION AT TOBRUK W
DUMMY BOFORS ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN WITH DUMMY CREW. THE EXCEEDINGLY GOOD "DUMMY" ON THE RIGHT IS LIEUTENANT W.J. WILKIE, OFFICER IN CHARGE OF THE CAMOUFLAGE SECTION, 9TH AUSTRALIAN DEVISION. THE PLACING O
DUMMY BOFORS ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN WITH DUMMY CREW. THE EXCEEDINGLY GOOD "DUMMY" ON THE RIGHT IS LIEUTENANT W.J. WILKIE, OFFICER IN CHARGE OF THE CAMOUFLAGE SECTION, 9TH AUSTRALIAN DEVISION. THE PLACING O
PERSONNEL OF CAMOUFLAGE TRAINING UNIT SECTION, 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION, ASSEMBLING DUMMY BOFORS ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN. THE IMPORTANT ROLE OF CAMOUFLAGE IN THE FIELD PROVIDES NOT ONLY CONCEALMENT OF OBJECT
