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Accession Number | P01443.025 |
Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white |
Physical description | Black & white |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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INDIA. 1945. VISIT BY COLONEL NORMAN WEBB, BRITISH ARMY CRYPTOGRAPHER (SECOND FROM LEFT) AND WING ...
Description
INDIA. 1945. VISIT BY COLONEL NORMAN WEBB, BRITISH ARMY CRYPTOGRAPHER (SECOND FROM LEFT) AND WING COMMANDER H. ROY BOOTH (FOURTH FROM LEFT) TO THE BRITISH INTELLIGENCE UNIT. THEY WERE PART OF THE CENTRAL BUREAU OF INTELLIGENCE, THE COMBINED AUSTRALIAN ARMY, RAAF AND US ARMY ORGANISATION WHOSE FUNCTION WAS TO INTERCEPT AND DECODE JAPANESE MILITARY SIGNALS. (ORIGINAL HOUSED IN AWM PRIVATE RECORDS COLLECTION)