NAA: MP1049/1, 1918/066, page 35 is a copy of a report from Constable A. E. Duvanel of Korumburra Station, Victoria Police. Duvanel gives a blow-by-blow account of his conversation at 8pm on 2 May 1918 with Mr Sandman of the Kongwak butter factory about ‘a bright light high up in the sky’, which had been
NAA: MP1049/1, 1918/066, pages 218 and 219 is a letter from ‘Anxious’ of ‘Bundoora’, Charles St, Brighton, Victoria, to the editor of the Melbourne Herald: A mysterious aroeplane [sic] passed over the east of Brighton this morning at 10 past 7 a.m. & went south east towards Gippsland. The machine was a very large one
NAA: MP1049/1, 1918/066, pages 674 through 690 is a copy of Directorate of Military Intelligence report HB56, ‘Aircraft, lights and objects reported seen in the air — summary and appreciation no. 3’. It is a continuation of the first such ‘summary and appreciation’ HB53 of nearly a week ago (no. 2 was an interim update
NAA: MP1049/1, 1918/066, page 33 is a copy of a letter from Sam. R. Dawson, ‘Roseneath’, Meerlieu, Victoria, to ‘The Military Officer’ at Sale: I notice by the papers that persons are asked to report any aeroplanes seen to the nearest military officer. On the 22nd. March we heard an aeroplane which seemed to be
NAA: MP1049/1, 1918/066, pages 849 through 854 is a report from Detective F. W. Sickerdick of Victoria Police (seconded to military intelligence for the duration, possibly due to German descent) to Major F. V. Hogan of the Intelligence Section, General Staff. Sickerdick had been ordered by Hogan to travel with Lieutenant A. Edwards of the
