The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Group portrait of RAAF, AIF and United States personnel outside the Central Bureau of Intelligence. This was the combined Australian Army, RAAF and US Army Organisation whose function was to intercept and decode Japanese military signals. An annotated copy of this photograph held by a former member of this group identifies the following, note that possibly identifications from the nominal roll appear in square brackets: back row: Leading Aircraftman (LAC) Earl Ross (NSW) [unable to identify from nominal roll]; LAC Rob Fisher (Sale, VIC); LAC Harold Bolitho (Sale, VIC) [144008 LAC Harold William Bolitho]; Thalhammer (USA); O’Shannasy (USA); unidentified (USA); Flight Lieutenant (Flt Lt) Burbage; Fl Lt Linton (Mildura); Lieutenant Colonel (Lt Col) A W Sandford, Deputy Director of the Bureau; Squadron Leader (Sqn Ldr) Booth; Lieutenant (Lt) Atcheson (USA); Lt Toothacher (USA); unidentified (USA); Oscar (USA); unidentified (USA); LAC Noel Langby (NSW); Jim Nodwell (QLD) [possibly 79010 Corporal (Cpl) James Pringle Nodwell]; Kerry Bright. Middle row: LAC Noel Proctor (NSW) [possibly 132702 Cpl Noel Proctor]; Bill Carter (VIC); Ern "Nate" Routby (USA); Bob Norris (USA); unidentified (USA); Stevens (USA); unidentified (USA); unidentified (USA); Moses (USA); Arnecon (USA); unidentified (USA); Schmitt (USA); Gorring; Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt) Bennett; LAC Witham (VIC). Front row: LAC Fred Bryant (VIC); Sergeant (Sgt) Bert Gough (VIC); LAC Stuart Muntz (VIC) [possibly 127733 Cpl Stuart Muntz]; Noel Clarke (VIC); Harry Clarricoates (VIC); Reg Murphy (NSW); Alan Mierisch (VIC) [probably 126532 LAC Alan James Mierisch]; Nightingale (VIC); [illeg] Burgess (QLD). Absent: Alan Pharoah (VIC) [unable to identify on nominal roll].
Group Portrait of No 8 Squadron RAAF, "C" Flight. Front Row (L to R): 559 Flying Officer (FO) (later Sqn Ldr, DFC) Ronald Widmer; 620 FO (later Sqn Ldr) William James Hoddinott; 250658 FO (later Sqn
Group portrait of the 78 Fighter Wing RAAF cricket team, taken at Marsa Club Oval, Malta. The men, stationed in Malta for garrison duty, had just won their third successive Governor's Challenge Cup.
Group portrait of officers and airmen of Headquarters Flight, No 8 Squadron RAAF, in front of one of the squadron's Lockheed Hudson aircraft. Identified are, from left to right, back row: eleven unide
Outdoor group portrait of personnel of the medical and dental sections, No 4 Initial Training School, RAAF. Identified in the back row from left to right: 12529 Leading Aircraftman (LAC) Henry Myer Sa
Kota Bharu, Malaya, April 1941. Group Portrait of No 8 Squadron, RAAF, "C" Flight. Front Row (L to R): Pilot Officer (PO) W. E. Mackay; 475 Flying Officer (FO, later Flight Lieutenant)) Robert Georg
Outdoor group portrait of No 4 Initial Training School, RAAF, Special Guard for the Governor-General Lord Gowrie, VC, PC, GCMG, CB, DSO. The Guard Commander is 282775 Flying Officer (FO) John Claimont
