The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
An interior view of a wireless truck stationed in Tobruk. The powerful sets shown in this picture were used to maintain contact with Cairo and DESFORCE between Mersa Matruh and Salum. Either of these sets was within range of England.
Exterior view of the truck on which the powerful mobile wireless sets described at 020298 was transported. This facility was used to communicate between Tobruk, Cairo and DESFORCE and in this scene w
TOBRUK, LIBYA. 1941. INTERIOR OF A WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY TRUCK IN OPERATION WITHIN THE PERIMETER.
A Valentine tank being transported to the front along the Western Desert road between Alexandria and Mersa Matruh on a White-Ruxtall 922 tank recovery vehicle. The tank’s crew ride on the deck. Its tu
New Guinea. November 1942. Captain R. Lonie of Queensland, displays a portable wireless set captured from a Japanese patrol. These sets, weighing only fifteen pounds (approximately six kilograms), are
New Guinea. November 1942. Captain R. Lonie of Queensland, displays a portable wireless set captured from a Japanese patrol. These sets, weighing only fifteen pounds (approximately six kilograms), are
New Guinea. November 1942. Captain R. Lonie of Queensland, displays a portable wireless set captured from a Japanese patrol. These sets, weighing only fifteen pounds (approximately six kilograms), are
