Rosehill Racecourse, Sydney, NSW. Members of the American Army undertaking a training exercise to ...

Accession Number P03438.018
Collection type Photograph
Object type Negative
Maker Unknown
Date made c 1942
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

Rosehill Racecourse, Sydney, NSW. Members of the American Army undertaking a training exercise to assemble a Mark 1 Light Weight Air Warning (LW/AW) Radar. They are finalising the array and mast so they are ready to be placed in upright position. The A frame is on the right. The frame has been raised, probably to simulate soft ground. The Americans had no prior training of LW/AW Radar construction.

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