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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. LEFT TO RIGHT: BACK ROW, WEARING HATS: CAPTAIN B. FAIRFAX-ROSS, AUSTRALIAN ARMY; LIEUTENANT (LT) F.W. MCCONAGHY, RANVR; LT W.B. MARSTON, RANVR; LT COMMANDER D.S. MACFARLANE, RANVR, DSIO; LT T.O. SEXTON, RANVR, RADIO OFFICER. THE MAN IN THE FRONT ROW WEARING A HAT IS LT R.N. EBBELS, RANVR. FAIRFAX-ROSS AND MACFARLANE SAW SERVICE IN THE FIELD AS COASTWATCHERS. THE IDENTITY OF THE OTHER MEN IS UNKNOWN. MOST OF THEM ARE OTHER RANKS PERSONNEL OF THE US ARMY. BEHIND THE GROUP IS A NATIVE PIT-PIT HUT MADE FROM THE WOOD AND LEAVES OF THE SAGO PALM. IT IS BEING USED AS A STOREHOUSE. 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, 1944-02-29. 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. 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, 1944-01-15. 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 CABIN WHICH SERVED AS THE LIVING QUARTERS FOR LIEUTENANT COMMANDER D.S. MACFARLANE, DEPUTY SUPERVISING INTELLIGENCE OFFICER (DSIO), NAVAL INTELLIG
LUNGGA, GUADALCANAL, SOLOMON ISLANDS, 1944-02-29. LIEUTENANT COMMANDER D.S. MACFARLANE, DEPUTY SUPERVISING INTELLIGENCE OFFICER (DSIO), NAVAL INTELLIGENCE DIVISION, RAN, STANDING WITH TWO NATIVE HOUSE
LUNGGA, GUADALCANAL, SOLOMON ISLANDS, 1944-02-29. A VIEW OF THE HEADQUARTERS CAMP OF THE DEPUTY SUPERVISING INTELLIGENCE OFFICER (DSIO), NAVAL INTELLIGENCE DIVISION, RAN. AT LEFT IS THE FRONT OF THE Q
