Mike-four-shot-over

Place Oceania: Australia, Australian Capital Territory, Canberra
Accession Number ART21387
Collection type Art
Measurement sheet: 31.8 x 39.4 cm
Object type Work on paper
Physical description pen and wash on paper on cardboard
Maker Curtis, R Emerson
Place made Australia: Australian Capital Territory, Canberra
Date made 1945
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

In an Army Co-operation lecture room, Royal Australian Air Force personnel undergo instructions in artillery reconnaissance on a miniature range. Communications between air-crew and artillery posts are all given in code; thus "Mike-four-shot-over" refers to a particular target shown at the end of the pointer of "Blab stick" held by an army instructor.