The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Three unidentified members of the signal office night shift at 11 Signals Unit RAAF, part of 55 Operational Base Unit (OBU) at Birdum, NT. These men might have been on an aircraft listening watch where they would be given a frequency for a raid leaving from Port Moresby, for example, and have to listen for a word which would indicate the raid had been successful or not. It required great concentration over the aircraft noise as radio silence was imposed for the raids, and they might wait four hours or more. The Kingsley AR7 receivers are visible along the western wall.
The general camp area of 11 Signals Unit RAAF, part of 55 Operational Base Unit (OBU) at Birdum, NT, showing the simple huts with tarpaulin covered roofs. The area was previously occupied by the Unite
CENTRAL AUSTRALIA. 1942-12. A DASH FOR THE TRAIN - THESE CHAPS HAVE BEEN HAVING A WASH OR SHOWER FROM THE TRAIN REFILLING PIPES WHILE EN ROUTE FROM MELBOURNE TO NO 55 OPERATIONAL BASE UNIT, BIRDUM, NT
The shacks around the burning synagogue remind one of the ghetto. The artist served on the committee for the preservation of Jewish monuments in Lvov before the war. He also wrote a PhD documenting sy
Figure of Flying Commander Acko in the operations room on board HMAS Kanimbla. Peter Churcher recalled, "This drawing depicts "Acko" one of the fighter pilots in the operations room as his shift invol
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A Jewish synagogue being burned by the Nazis in Poland. Several figures are watching the scene. The atmosphere is one of shock and disbelief. The buildings around the burning synagogue are reminiscent
