121434

121434

Image copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

ID number
121434
Photographer
Davis, Keith Benjamin
Object type
Black & white
Place made
Timor
Date made
12 December 1945
Physical description
Black & white
Credit line
Donor Department of Information
Collection
Photograph
Description
The hut at Mape, Portuguese Timor, used by the signals section, Force Headquarters, 2/2 Independent Company. It was here that the famous transmitter Winnie the war-winner, a masterpiece of improvisation, the wireless set was constructed by TX4745 Signalman Max Lyndon Loveless.
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