INDIA. 1945. VISIT BY COLONEL NORMAN WEBB, BRITISH ARMY CRYPTOGRAPHER (SECOND FROM LEFT) AND WING ...

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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
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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)