Ink Emma Ink Christmas Edition!

Australian Special Wireless Group

Brisbane

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Australian Special Wireless Group

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1943

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First Edition.

21.5cm x 17cm. [ii], 38 pages. Side-stapled self-covers.

Wartime issue of the official newsletter of the Australian Special Wireless Group. The ASWG was responsible for monitoring and intercepting wireless transmissions. Ink Emma Ink (morse code for question mark) was first published by Maurice Biggs in 1942 when the Group was moved to Bonegilla in Victoria, later that year members of the Australian Women’s Army Service (AWAS) were recruited into the ASWG and became fervent contributors to the newsletter. In 1943 ASWG Headquarters were in Brisbane. Ink Emma Ink, was published throughout WWII and continued up until 2013. This early Christmas issue, lengthier than the usual 6-8 pages the newsletter was at the time, contains a history of the early days of the newsletter together with poems, stories, articles, and reports on the Groups sporting fixtures, which confirms the publishing location as Brisbane. Illustrations by George Nuanton.

Vertical crease. Lacking middle staple. Final leaf tender at staples. Good Condition.

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