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STUART, TOWNSVILLE, QLD. C.1944. NO 1 WIRELESS UNIT, RAAF, OPERATIONS BUILDING, A CONCRETE BOMB-PROOF BUNKER WHICH WAS CAMOUFLAGED AS A FARMHOUSE. THE STEPS, VERANDAH, WINDOW AND LATTICE WORK WERE PAINTED ON TO THE CONCRETE. WAAAF KANA OPERATORS WORKED FROM THIS BUILDING WHEN INTERCEPTING AND BREAKING JAPANESE CODED MESSAGES. (DONOR: M. STINSON)
STUART, NO 1 WIRELESS UNIT, RAAF, OPERATIONS BUILDING, A CONCRETE BOMB-PROOF BUNKER WHICH WAS CAMOUFLAGED AS A FARMHOUSE. THE STEPS, VERANDAH, WINDOW AND LATTICE WORK WERE PAINTED ON TO THE CONCRETE.
STUART, TOWNSVILLE, QLD. 1943 - 1945. THE NO. 1 WIRELESS UNIT RAAF OPERATIONS BUILDING, A CONCRETE BUNKER WHICH WAS CAMOUFLAGED AS A FARMHOUSE. IT WAS FROM THIS BUILDING THAT WAAAF KANA OPERATORS WORK
STUART, TOWNSVILLE, QLD. 1943 - 1945. THE ROAD LEADING TO THE NO. 1 WIRELESS UNIT RAAF OPERATIONS BUILDING IN WHICH WAAAF KANA OPERATORS WORKED INTERCEPTING AND BREAKING JAPANESE CODED MESSAGES. (DONO
ROSENEATH, TOWNSVILLE, QUEENSLAND, C. 1944. DAWN McMAHON, ONE OF THE WAAAF KANA INTERCEPT OPERATORS OF NO 1 WIRELESS UNIT RAAF, AT THE UNIT'S LIVING QUARTERS. ( DONOR: M. STINSON )
Drawing of the No 1 Wireless Unit RAAF Operations Building at Stuart, Townsville by Women's Auxillary Australian Air Force (WAAAF) 99099 Barbara Abbott Cottam. Cottam enlisted in WAAAF in 1942 and ser
ROSENEATH, TOWNSVILLE, QLD, 1943 - 1945. WAAAF BARRACKS AT NO. 1 WIRELESS UNIT RAAF, WHERE KANA INTERCEPT OPERATIONS WERE CARRIED OUT. ( DONOR: M. STINSON )
