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Captain Ian McBain was a World War II Engineers Officer in charge of camouflaging camps, vehicles, etc so that they would not be identifiable from the air. Prior to joining the army, Ian had been a cartoonist with the Courier Mailin Brisbane, and after the war he held a similar position with an Adelaide newspaper. As well as this, he was a qualified architect.
