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| Keywords: heliograph mance mance heliograph manceheliograph mance mark v heliograph mancemarkvheliograph a.i.f. aif egypt wwii signallers signaller Two A.I.F. signallers use a heliograph during exercises in the Western Desert of Egypt (Libya) in Nov. 1940, during World War II. This photo was made into a A.I.F. recruiting poster in Sept. 1941. This is an official Department of Information (Australia) photo of two signallers of the 2nd Australian Imperial Force. They are using a Mance Mark V heliograph in duplex (dual-mirror) mode to signal by Morse Code using reflected sunlight modulated by tilting one mirror. This photo appeared in the Australian Sydney Morning Herald on Nov. 13, 1940 ( news.google.com/newspapers?id=qLVVAAAAIBAJ&amp;sjid=spYDA... ), the West Australian on Nov. 16, 1940 (trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/46749411), and the Examiner (Tasmania) on Nov. 20, 1940 (nla.gov.au/nla.news-article52389945) The poster was announced on Sept. 11, 1941, in the Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Queensland, Australia) (nla.gov.au/nla.news-article41941629). This was the cover photo for the British publication &quot;The War Illustrated&quot;, VOl. 4, No.75, Feb. 7, 1941, with the title: &quot;Signals in The Desert Battle: Australians With A Heliograph&quot;. This photo is on Flickr at very high resolution ( ca. 3500x5000 pixels) here: www.flickr.com/photos/signalmirror/8173918983/sizes/o This is an official Australian Department of Information photo taken in Nov. 1940 in Libya. I ordered this particular scan from the State Library of Victoria, www.slv.vic.gov.au/argus/gid/slv-pic-aaa30361/1/an014292, with the stated purpose of putting it in Flickr to make it publicly viewable and downloadable. Their record for this item says to cite it as Argus Newspaper Collection of photographs, State Library of Victoria, Accession no(s) H99.202/2489 I make no claim to copyright on this - you may do with it whatever the laws of your country allow. You may find the copyright tips here useful: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Australian_Heliograph_in_... Similarly, I don't require attribution (I'd set that in Flickr, but can't figure out how.) Two A.I.F. signallers use a heliograph during exercises in the Western Desert of Egypt (Libya) in Nov. 1940, during World War II. This photo was made into a A.I.F. recruiting poster in Sept. 1941. This is an official Department of Information (Australia) photo of two signallers of the 2nd Australian Imperial Force. They are using a Mance Mark V heliograph in duplex (dual-mirror) mode to signal by Morse Code using reflected sunlight modulated by tilting one mirror. This photo appeared in the Australian Sydney Morning Herald on Nov. 13, 1940 ( news.google.com/newspapers?id=qLVVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=spYDA... ), the West Australian on Nov. 16, 1940 (trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/46749411), and the Examiner (Tasmania) on Nov. 20, 1940 (nla.gov.au/nla.news-article52389945) The poster was announced on Sept. 11, 1941, in the Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Queensland, Australia) (nla.gov.au/nla.news-article41941629). This was the cover photo for the British publication "The War Illustrated", VOl. 4, No.75, Feb. 7, 1941, with the title: "Signals in The Desert Battle: Australians With A Heliograph". This photo is on Flickr at very high resolution ( ca. 3500x5000 pixels) here: www.flickr.com/photos/signalmirror/8173918983/sizes/o This is an official Australian Department of Information photo taken in Nov. 1940 in Libya. I ordered this particular scan from the State Library of Victoria, www.slv.vic.gov.au/argus/gid/slv-pic-aaa30361/1/an014292, with the stated purpose of putting it in Flickr to make it publicly viewable and downloadable. Their record for this item says to cite it as Argus Newspaper Collection of photographs, State Library of Victoria, Accession no(s) H99.202/2489 I make no claim to copyright on this - you may do with it whatever the laws of your country allow. You may find the copyright tips here useful: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Australian_Heliograph_in_... Similarly, I don't require attribution (I'd set that in Flickr, but can't figure out how.) Two A.I.F. signallers use a heliograph during exercises in the Western Desert of Egypt (Libya) in Nov. 1940, during World War II. This photo was made into a A.I.F. recruiting poster in Sept. 1941. This is an official Department of Information (Australia) photo of two signallers of the 2nd Australian Imperial Force. They are using a Mance Mark V heliograph in duplex (dual-mirror) mode to signal by Morse Code using reflected sunlight modulated by tilting one mirror. This photo appeared in the Australian Sydney Morning Herald on Nov. 13, 1940 ( <a href="http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=qLVVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=spYDAAAAIBAJ&dq=department-of-information heliograph&pg=7317,1448435" rel="nofollow">news.google.com/newspapers?id=qLVVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=spYDA...</a> ), the West Australian on Nov. 16, 1940 (<a href="http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/46749411" rel="nofollow">trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/46749411</a>), and the Examiner (Tasmania) on Nov. 20, 1940 (<a href="http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article52389945" rel="nofollow">nla.gov.au/nla.news-article52389945</a>) The poster was announced on Sept. 11, 1941, in the Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Queensland, Australia) (<a href="http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article41941629" rel="nofollow">nla.gov.au/nla.news-article41941629</a>). This was the cover photo for the British publication "The War Illustrated", VOl. 4, No.75, Feb. 7, 1941, with the title: "Signals in The Desert Battle: Australians With A Heliograph". This photo is on Flickr at very high resolution ( ca. 3500x5000 pixels) here: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/signalmirror/8173918983/sizes/o">www.flickr.com/photos/signalmirror/8173918983/sizes/o</a> This is an official Australian Department of Information photo taken in Nov. 1940 in Libya. I ordered this particular scan from the State Library of Victoria, <a href="http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/argus/gid/slv-pic-aaa30361/1/an014292" rel="nofollow">www.slv.vic.gov.au/argus/gid/slv-pic-aaa30361/1/an014292</a>, with the stated purpose of putting it in Flickr to make it publicly viewable and downloadable. Their record for this item says to cite it as Argus Newspaper Collection of photographs, State Library of Victoria, Accession no(s) H99.202/2489 I make no claim to copyright on this - you may do with it whatever the laws of your country allow. You may find the copyright tips here useful: <a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Australian_Heliograph_in_Egyptian_Desert_1940.png" rel="nofollow">commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Australian_Heliograph_in_...</a> Similarly, I don't require attribution (I'd set that in Flickr, but can't figure out how.) wwii egypt aif mance heliograph signaller signallers manceheliograph mancemarkvheliograph | ||||
