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BRISBANE, QLD. 1945-07. OFFICERS OF THE CENTRAL BUREAU OF INTELLIGENCE AT ARCHERFIELD AERODROME AWAITING AIR TRANSPORT FOR MANILA FOR COLONEL SANDFORD. THE BUREAU WAS THE COMBINED AUSTRALIAN ARMY, RAAF AND US ARMY ORGANISATION WHOSE FUNCTION WAS TO INTERCEPT AND DECODE JAPANESE MILITARY SIGNALS. LEFT TO RIGHT: UNKNOWN; WING COMMANDER H. ROY BOOTH, RAAF, DEPUTY DIRECTOR CENTRAL BUREAU; COLONEL ALASTAIR WALLACE (MICK) SANDFORD, AIF, DEPUTY DIRECTOR CENTRAL BUREAU; SQUADRON LEADER W. (BILL) J. CLARKE, RAAF, CHIEF SIGNALS OFFICER CENTRAL BUREAU; LIEUTENANT COLONEL JACK RYAN, WEARING WORLD WAR 1 RIBBONS, COMMANDING OFFICER OF THE AUSTRALIAN SPECIAL WIRELESS GROUP. (ORIGINAL HOUSED IN AWM PRIVATE RECORDS COLLECTION) (IDENTICAL IMAGE AT P1443/71/45) (DONOR M. STINSON)
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P00473.010
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Format: 4x5"
Support: Polyester
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Copyright expired - public domain
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