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SAMPUN, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-01-14. NGX8 CAPTAIN B. FAIRFAX-ROSS, ALLIED INTELLIGENCE BUREAU FIELD PARTY, SOUTH COAST, NEW BRITAIN. CAPTAIN FAIRFAX-ROSS WAS A PLANTATION INSPECTOR FOR BURNS, PHILP AND CO. IN THESE ISLANDS FOR SOME 16 YEARS PRIOR TO WORLD WAR II. AT THE OUTBREAK OF WAR HE ENLISTED IN THE AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCES AND SERVED FOR 18 MONTHS IN THE MIDDLE EAST WITH THE 2/12TH INFANTRY BATTALION, RETURNING TO AUSTRALIA HE WAS SECONDED TO THE ALLIED INTELLIGENCE BUREAU WITH WHOM HE HAS OPERATED IN NEW GUINEA, NEW BRITAIN AND THE SOLOMON.
SAMPUN, NEW BRITAIN. 1944-12-27. LEFT TO RIGHT: VX63919 LIEUTENANT COLONEL W. B. MAGURIE, GENERAL STAFF OFFICER 1, 5TH DIVISION; NGX8 CAPTAIN B. FAIRFAX-ROSS, ALLIED INTELLIGENCE BUREAU AND NX27 MAJOR
SAMPUN, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-01-14. AUSTRALIAN ARMY OFFICERS HOLDING A CONFERENCE AT THE BATTALION HEADQUARTERS OF THE 14/32ND INFANTRY BATTALION. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- NX92 LIEUTENANT-COLONEL W.B.
WUNUNG PLANTATION, NEW BRITAIN. 1944-12-30. PERSONNEL OF THE ALLIED INTELLIGENCE BUREAU, HEADQUARTERS, 5TH DIVISION WITH THEIR NATIVE ESCORT ON THE BEACH. BACK ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT: 276393 FLIGHT LIEUTE
TAMKAIDAN, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-01-15. EUROPEAN PERSONNEL ARE:- OF THE ALLIED INTELLIGENCE BUREAU. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- VX62790 CAPTAIN H.L. WILLIAMS, MC, (1); NGX8 CAPTAIN B. FAIRFAX-ROSS, OFFICER
SAMPUN, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-01-14. CORPORAL KWAINGU, BREN GUNNER AND SECTION COMMANDER OF THE ALLIED INTELLIGENCE BUREAU. CORPORAL KWAINGU WAS FORMALLY A MEMBER OF THE NEW GUINEA CONSTABULARY WHEN HE WA
SAMPUN, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-01-15. MEMBERS OF THE ALLIED INTELLIGENCE BUREAU PATROL INTERROGATING NATIVE WOMEN OF THE SAMILON VILLAGE.
