Winnie The War Winner
Winnie the War Winner was a radio set built by Sparrow Force during the Battle of Timor (1942–43), Battle of Timor in 1942. The radio re-established contact between Sparrow Force and the Australian Army in Darwin, Northern Territory, Darwin on 19 April 1942. At the time, the Allies believed that Sparrow Force had been captured by the Imperial Japanese Army, Japanese Army. By then, Sparrow Force had fought a guerrilla campaign isolated from Australia for 60 days. The radio is currently on display in the Australian War Memorial in Canberra. Design The radio was built by Captain George Parker, Corporal John (Jack) Sargent, Corporal John Donovan, Signaller Max (Joe) Loveless and Signalman Keith Richards. In civil life, Loveless had been a technician with 7ZL, a radio station in Hobart. The signallers built the radio using salvaged equipment, including the power pack from a Dutch transmitter, 60 ft of aerial wire, a broken commercial medium-wave receiving set, and a transmitter ...
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Winnie The War Winner
Winnie the War Winner was a radio set built by Sparrow Force during the Battle of Timor (1942–43), Battle of Timor in 1942. The radio re-established contact between Sparrow Force and the Australian Army in Darwin, Northern Territory, Darwin on 19 April 1942. At the time, the Allies believed that Sparrow Force had been captured by the Imperial Japanese Army, Japanese Army. By then, Sparrow Force had fought a guerrilla campaign isolated from Australia for 60 days. The radio is currently on display in the Australian War Memorial in Canberra. Design The radio was built by Captain George Parker, Corporal John (Jack) Sargent, Corporal John Donovan, Signaller Max (Joe) Loveless and Signalman Keith Richards. In civil life, Loveless had been a technician with 7ZL, a radio station in Hobart. The signallers built the radio using salvaged equipment, including the power pack from a Dutch transmitter, 60 ft of aerial wire, a broken commercial medium-wave receiving set, and a transmitter ...
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