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MAGNETIC ISLAND, QLD. 1943-11. RELAXING ON THE BEACH ARE: LEFT TO RIGHT: JACK BROWN, CORPORAL JOYCE CHARLES AND SERGEANT JOY LINNANE, BOTH KANA OPERATORS FROM THE NO.1 WIRELESS UNIT INTELLIGENCE AND INTERCEPT OPERATIONS AT STUART, TOWNSVILLE, LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN JOHN HAMILTON (KANA OPERATOR) AND AN AMERICAN.
MAGNETIC ISLAND, QLD, C.1943. SERGEANT JOY LINNANE FROM RAAF NO.1 WIRELESS UNIT INTELLIGENCE AND INTERCEPT OPERATIONS, NEAR STUART, TOWNSVILLE, AT THE AUSTRALIAN COMFORT FUND HOSTEL ON MAGNETIC ISLAND
TOWNSVILLE, QLD, 1943-03. GROUP OF MEMBERS OF NO. 1 WIRELESS UNIT, AUSTRALIAN JAPANESE KANA INTERCEPT WIRELESS OPERATORS, SITTING ON THE BEACH. FRONT ROW: BOB BOTTERILL (AIF), BOB SATCHELL (AN ARMY OB
BIAK, NEW GUINEA. 1944-03. UNIT NO 1 WIRELESS UNIT RAAF. JAPANESE KANA WIRELESS INTERCEPT OPERATORS AND CYPHER AND CODE BREAKERS IN FRONT OF TENTS. FAR RIGHT:- JAPANESE KANA WIRELESS INTERCEPT OPERATO
BRISBANE, QLD, 1945. A BACK VIEW OF THE CENTRAL BUREAU OF INTELLIGENCE HEADQUARTERS IN HENRY STREET, ASCOT, WITH (LEFT TO RIGHT) CORPORAL CONSTANCE GIOVANETTI (LATER CARPENTER), SERGEANT JOY LINNANE A
TOWNSVILLE, QUEENSLAND. 1943-07. PORTRAIT OF LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN A. JACK BROWN OF UNIT NO 1 WIRELESS UNIT RAAF, AT AGE 18 YEARS. HE WAS A JAPANESE KANA WIRELESS INTERCEPT OPERATOR IN THE PACIFIC DURIN
Members of No 1 Wireless Unit RAAF, responsible for intercepting and decoding wireless intelligence messages from the Japanese. This group comprised men from the RAAF, AIF and one British Army man. Th
