The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Lunga, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands. 1943-10. The base radio station dugout of the Coastwatchers Ken network in the Solomon Islands. The equipment operated by this station is (left in rack) an HRO RAS Army type transmitter/receiver and (right) an AWA 3BZ Teleradio for emergency use.
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 obs
Radio transmitter and receiver 3BZ used by spotters of the New Guinea Air Warning Wireless Company (NGAWW). The AWA Teleradio 3A was designed and introduced into service in 1935 and continued until 19
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 obs
A wireless telegraphist operator, Sergeant (Sgt) William 'Billy' Bennett, MM, British Solomon Islands Protectorate Defence Force (BSIPDF), operating an AWA 3BZ teleradio at the Seghe coastwatchers' st
LUNGGA, GUADALCANAL, SOLOMON ISLANDS, 1944-02-29. A GROUP OF NATIVE HOUSEBOYS AND GARDENERS STANDING AT ATTENTION AT THE HEADQUARTERS CAMP OF THE DEPUTY SUPERVISING INTELLIGENCE OFFICER (DSIO), NAVAL
LUNGGA, GUADALCANAL, SOLOMON ISLANDS, 1944-02-29. TWO STOREHOUSES AT THE HEADQUARTERS CAMP OF THE DEPUTY SUPERVISING INTELLIGENCE OFFICER (DSIO), NAVAL INTELLIGENCE DIVISION, RAN. THE CAMP WAS THE COL
