Law, Dr Phillip G

Places	Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Morobe Province, Lae Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Papua, Milne Bay Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Papua, Owen Stanley Range, Buna Area, Buna Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Papua, Papuan Islands, D'Entrecasteaux Islands, Goodenough Island Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Papua, Port Moresby
Accession Number	PR03360
Collection type	Private Record
Record type	Collection
Measurement	1 wallet: 1cm
Object type	Diary, Document
Maker	Law, Phillip G
Place made	New Guinea1
Date made	1944
Access	Open
Conflict	Second World War, 1939-1945

Description

Transcript of the diary of Dr Phillip G Law, AC, CBE, Assistant-Secretary of the Scientific Instrument and Optical Panel of the Ministry of Munitions, Second World War. The diary covers Dr Law's field research in New Guinea and Includes copies of photographs. Also included is a photocopy of a report written by Law titled 'Report on tropic proofing of optical instruments in New Guinea', dated 24 April 1944.

History / Summary

After three years of researching methods of proofing gun sights, binoculars, and range-finders against infection by fungus which obscured vision, Dr Law visited New Guinea in February 1944 to test Merthiolate-treated binoculars and report on Army Optical Instrument Workshops close to the battlefronts. The diary details his travels to and from New Guinea, describing his activities, the army bases he visited, and the regions visited - Port Moresby, Milne Bay, Goodenough Island, Buna, and Lae.