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World War 2 - Telephone Set D Mk V

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Communications Gallery - Centenary of Royal Australian Corps of Signals

Overview

Telephone Set D Mark V, known as the Don V, was the standard field telephone in use by the Australian Army during World War 2. The set includes a morse key, receiver headgear and handset.

Historical information

The Telephone Set D Mk V was used in Army formations forward of divisional headquarters. It provided the following facilities: calls by buzzer; respond by bell to magneto generator calling and by aural indication to buzzer calling; speech communication and morse communication by buzzer and key.
The instrument, having a magneto bell, could only be rung by another telephone, or telephone exchange, which has a magneto generator. It could only call by buzzer, which gives visual indication to Switchboards UC (Universal Call), and aural indication to another telephone when not working through an exchange. Maximum range was 14-16 miles (speech) and 25 miles (Morse) using D8 twisted cable or 8-10 miles (speech) and 15 miles (Morse) using D3 cable. Like the F Set, it was powered by two 1.5V ‘X’ or ‘S’ Cells. In addition to the normal handset, the set also incorporated a single headphone, which could be used on a listening watch

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Registration number

cwa-org-32-54-945

Contextual Information

This field phone is located in the Communications Gallery commissioned by the Australian Army Museum of Western Australia as part of the Centenary commemorations of the Royal Australian Corp of Signals. Communication devices used by the Australian Army also are presented in their operational context throughout the Museum.

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Summary of Australian/UK WW2 Line Equipment

Australian Army Museum of Western Australia

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