Lorne World War II Spotters

“Lorne citizens manned an official spotting station in the recreation hall at the Queens Park Caravan site. A telephone system reported all shipping and aircraft movements to headquarters in Melbourne and to assist the operation the walls were lined with shipping and aircraft identification posters. The volunteers, both men and women, kept this vital service going 24 hours a day right through the war years and they were known affectionately as ‘The Spotters’.”

(page 44 Lorne – A Living History by Doug Stirling)