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BRISBANE, QLD. 1944. GROUP PORTRAIT OF WAAAF MEMBERS AND OFFICERS OF THE CENTRAL BUREAU OF INTELLIGENCE. LEFT TO RIGHT: BACK ROW: CORPORAL (CPL) PHYLLIS BROWNSON, CPL STELLA SAUNDERS, CPL LAURINA DALE, AIRCRAFTWOMAN (ACW) MARTIN-THOMAS, ACW UNKNOWN, ACW UNKNOWN, CPL NANCY NICHOLSON, ACW UNKNOWN, ACW YVONNE MURPHY, ACW PROWSE; SECOND ROW FROM BACK: ACW UNKNOWN, ACW WASHINGTON, UNKNOWN, CPL CONNIE GIOVANETTI, ACW PAMELA KELLY, ACW STEWART, ACW MILLER, ACW ALICE McCAFFREY, ACW UNKNOWN, ACW SVENSON, ACW BESSIE McCAFFREY, ACW STOREY, CPL UNKNOWN ; THIRD ROW: SGT CHAMBERLAIN, SGT PARKER, FLIGHT SERGEANT UNKNOWN, SGT UNKNOWN, FLIGHT OFFICER LEADBEATER, WING COMMANDER H. ROY BOOTH (DEPUTY DIRECTOR), FLIGHT LIEUTENANT MICK RICHARDSON, FLIGHT LIEUTENANT FRANK A. WARD, SGT UNKNOWN, SGT SCOTT, CPL MARY DAVIES; FRONT ROW: ACW UNKNOWN, ACW SCARFE, ACW RITA TAYLOR, ACW BARLOW, ACW SCHMIDT, ACW MCLEOD, ACW UNKNOWN. THE BUREAU WAS INVOLVED IN THE INTERCEPTION AND DECODING OF JAPANESE MILITARY SIGNALS. MANY OF THE WAAFS WERE SKILLED KANA MORSE CODE INTERCEPT OPERATORS WHO HAD INTERCEPTED JAPANESE SIGNAL MESSAGES FROM JUNE 1942 (AT POINT COOK RAAF BASE) THROUGH TO 1943-44 (AT NO. 1 WIRELESS UNIT, TOWNSVILLE) AND FINALLY AT BRISBANE (CENTRAL BUREAU OF INTELLIGENCE). (ORIGINAL HOUSED IN AWM PRIVATE RECORDS COLLECTION) (IDENTICAL IMAGE AT P1443/71/41) (DONOR M. STINSON)
BRISBANE, QLD. 1944. GROUP PORTRAIT OF WAAAF MEMBERS AND OFFICERS OF THE CENTRAL BUREAU OF INTELLIGENCE. LEFT TO RIGHT: BACK ROW: CORPORAL (CPL) PHYLLIS BROWNSON, CPL STELLA SAUNDERS, CPL LAURINA DALE
WAAAF KANA OPERATORS FROM NO. 1 WIRELESS UNIT RAAF, WHO INTERCEPTED AND DECODED JAPANESE COMMUNICATIONS AS PART OF THE CENTRAL BUREAU, THE JOINT AUSTRALIA-US SIGNALS INTELLIGENCE ORGANISATION FORMED I
SPECIAL TELEGRAPHISTS 10 TEAM OUTSIDE THE CENTRAL BUREAU OF INTELLIGENCE HEADQUARTERS, HENRY STREET, ASCOT. REAR ROW (LEFT TO RIGHT): CORPORAL DAWN McMAHON, CORPORAL DOROTHY BLUNDELL, AIRCRAFTWOMAN NA
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
BRISBANE, QLD. 1944. GROUP PORTRAIT OF WAAAF MEMBERS OF THE CENTRAL BUREAU OF INTELLIGENCE WITH WING COMMANDER H. ROY BOOTH (FOURTH FROM LEFT) AND FLIGHT LIEUTENANT F. A. WARD (FIFTH FROM LEFT). BOOTH
ASCOT, BRISBANE, QLD. 1942 - 1945. HEADQUARTERS OF THE CENTRAL BUREAU OF INTELLIGENCE AT NO 21 HENRY STREET. THE CENTRAL BUREAU WAS AN ALLIED SIGNAL INTELLIGENCE SECTION FOR THE INTERCEPTION AND CRYPT
