Night, Air operations room, HQ Milne Force

Place Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Papua, Milne Bay
Accession Number ART22079
Collection type Art
Measurement Overall: 35.6 x 50.8 cm
Object type Work on paper
Physical description conte crayon on paper
Maker Dargie, William
Place made New Guinea1: Papua New Guinea, Papua, Milne Bay
Date made October 1942
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Dargie noted, "Drawn during an air raid, this drawing shows the Duty Officer of the night on the lefthand side of the drawing, below him the plotting table, and to the right, a Sergeant on the telephone receives details of the course of the incoming enemy planes from the directions finders. In the foreground is the Naval Liaison Officer's desk. In the centre of the room hang yellow and red globes used to indicate either "alert" or "raid impending" or in progress".