The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
NADZAB ISLAND, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. 1944-07. UNIT NO 1 WIRELESS UNIT RAAF. JAPANESE KANA WIRELESS INTERCEPT OPERATOR, LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN A. JACK BROWN, OUTSIDE THE FRONT OF HIS TENT. TENTS WERE ASSEMBLED FROM ASSORTED PIECES OF CANVAS AND POLES, SOMETIMES PROVIDED. THE POLES WERE GENERALLY CUT FROM ANY TIMBER THAT COULD BE FOUND. A WATER BOTTLE AND DIXIE (EATING DISH) ARE HANGING INSIDE THE TENT. (DONOR A.J. BROWN)
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
NADZAB, MARKHAM VALLEY, NEW GUINEA. 1944-03. UNIT NO 1 WIRELESS UNIT RAAF. JAPANESE KANA WIRELESS INTERCEPT OPERATOR LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN A. JACK BROWN. BUILDING IN MIDDLE FRONT LEFT IS THE OPERATIONS
NADZAB, MARKHAM VALLEY, NEW GUINEA. 1944-03. UNIT NO 1 WIRELESS UNIT RAAF. MIDDLE FAR LEFT IS THE OPERATIONS BUILDING USED BY JAPANESE KANA WIRELESS INTERCEPT OPERATORS, LINGUISTS, TRANSLATORS, CODE B
NADZAB, MARKHAM VALLEY, NEW GUINEA. 1944-02. UNITED STATES 5TH AIR FORCE (HEAVY BOMBER GROUP) WITH WHICH UNIT NO 1 WIRELESS UNIT RAAF WAS WORKING AT THAT TIME. JAPANESE KANA WIRELESS INTERCEPT OPERATO
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
INLAND FROM PORT MORESBY, NEW GUINEA. 1943-11. UNIT NO 1 WIRELESS UNIT RAAF. JAPANESE KANA WIRELESS INTERCEPT OPERATORS' CAMP SITE. AN UNKNOWN OPERATOR IS WASHING CLOTHES. THE WIRELESS ROOM BUILDING I
