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LUNGGA, GUADALCANAL, SOLOMON ISLANDS, 1943-10-14. THE DEPUTY SUPERVISING INTELLIGENCE OFFICER (DSIO), NAVAL INTELLIGENCE DIVISION, RAN, WITH HIS STAFF AND VISITING COASTWATCHERS AT HIS HEADQUARTERS CAMP. ALL OF THEM ARE MEMBERS OF THE RAN, UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED. STANDING, LEFT TO RIGHT: LIEUTENANT (LT) A.R. EVANS; SUB-LT R. STUART; LT F.W. MCCONAGHY; LT R.N. EBBELS; LT W.B. MARSTON; LT COMMANDER I. PRYCE-JONES, DSIO; LT W.F. BEAUMONT; FLIGHT LIEUTENANT C.L. HOOPER, RAAF; LT R. BASTION; LT COURCEY ?; LT T.O. SEXTON, RADIO OFFICER; LT L.A. WALKER; SUB-LT A.M. ANDRESEN. SITTING: ABLE SEAMAN (AB) C. URQUHART; AB N. RUNNEGAR; AB D.L. HILL. WALKER, ANDRESEN, EVANS AND HOOPER WERE ALL COASTWATCHERS. THE DOG IS COCO, WHO ALWAYS GAVE WARNING OF APPROACHING JAPANESE AIRCRAFT BEFORE THE AIR RAID SIRENS SOUNDED. THE QUONSET HUT TO THE RIGHT REAR OF THE MEN IS THE DSIO'S OFFICE. THE DSIO'S HQ AT LUNGGA WAS THE COLLECTION AND RELAY POINT FOR OPERATIONAL INTELLIGENCE GATHERED BY THE NETWORK OF COASTWATCHERS THAT OPERATED IN THE SOLOMON ISLANDS.
LUNGGA, GUADALCANAL, SOLOMON ISLANDS, 1944-01-15. GROUP PORTRAIT OF THE DEPUTY SUPERVISING INTELLIGENCE OFFICER (DSIO), NAVAL INTELLIGENCE DIVISION, RAN, AND FELLOW OFFICERS IN THE WARDROOM AT HIS HEA
LUNGGA, GUADALCANAL, SOLOMON ISLANDS, 1944-02-29. THE DEPUTY SUPERVISING INTELLIGENCE OFFICER (DSIO), NAVAL INTELLIGENCE DIVISION, RAN, AND HIS OFFICER STAFF IN FRONT OF THE DSIO'S CABIN AT HIS HEADQU
LUNGGA, GUADALCANAL, SOLOMON ISLANDS, 1944-02-29. A GROUP OF OFFICERS, OTHER RANKS AND NATIVE HOUSEBOYS AND GARDENERS AT THE HEADQUARTERS CAMP OF THE DEPUTY SUPERVISING INTELLIGENCE OFFICER (DSIO), NA
LUNGGA, GUADALCANAL, SOLOMON ISLANDS, 1944-02-29. A GROUP OF OFFICERS AND OTHER RANKS AT THE HEADQUARTERS CAMP OF THE DEPUTY SUPERVISING INTELLIGENCE OFFICER (DSIO), NAVAL INTELLIGENCE DIVISION, RAN.
LUNGGA, GUADALCANAL, BRITISH SOLOMON ISLANDS PROTECTORATE. 1943-10-14. RAN OFFICERS WITH THREE OFFICERS FROM THE UNITED STATES FLEET AIR PHOTOGRAPHIC GROUP ONE. LEFT TO RIGHT, BACK ROW: SUB LIEUTENANT
LUNGGA, GUADALCANAL, BRITISH SOLOMON ISLANDS PROTECTORATE. 1943-10-14. GROUP PORTRAIT OF THE BASE STAFF OF THE DISTRICT SUPERVISING INTELLIGENCE OFFICE. LEFT TO RIGHT, BACK ROW: SUB LIEUTENANT R STUAR
