| Place | Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Papua, Port Moresby |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | 040759 |
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Negative |
| Maker |
Veron, Donald Norwood |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Port Moresby. 1944-03. An electric message conveyor designed to carry messages between Signal ...
Description
Port Moresby. 1944-03. An electric message conveyor designed to carry messages between Signal Office, 18th Australian Lines of Communication Signals and Headquarters, New Guinea Force. Messages in the conveyor were protected from the weather by a lid. The system ran on two sets of wire rails, one up and the other down, over a distance of 400 yards. This photograph shows the rails terminal at the Signal Office.