in august 1909 major cox-taylor gave a lecture describing a portable wireless station, and advocated wide deployment in war time. on 28 march 1910 at the easter camp conducted at heathcote nsw, george taylor organised for the attendance of 3 civilians to bring their own equipment and conduct experiments to show his superiors the practical application of wireless telegraphy in the field. the civilians were edward hope kirkby walter hannam and reginald wilkinson who were credited by taylor in his own written account.