LUNGGA, GUADALCANAL, SOLOMON ISLANDS, 1944-02-29. A VIEW OF THE HEADQUARTERS CAMP OF THE DEPUTY ...

Place Oceania: Pacific Islands, Solomon Islands, Guadalcanal
Accession Number P01672.013
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Film copy negative
Maker McConaghy, F
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

LUNGGA, GUADALCANAL, SOLOMON ISLANDS, 1944-02-29. A VIEW OF THE HEADQUARTERS CAMP OF THE DEPUTY SUPERVISING INTELLIGENCE OFFICER (DSIO), NAVAL INTELLIGENCE DIVISION, RAN. AT LEFT IS THE FRONT OF THE QUONSET HUT IN WHICH THE DSIO'S OFFICE WAS LOCATED, IN THE CENTRE IS THE WARDROOM AND AT RIGHT IS THE CABIN THAT SERVED AS LIVING QUARTERS FOR LIEUTENANT F.W. MCCONAGHY, RANVR. THE WARDROOM AND CABIN ARE NATIVE PIT-PIT HUTS MADE FROM THE WOOD AND LEAVES OF THE SAGO PALM. THE DSIO'S HQ AT LUNGGA WAS THE COLLECTION AND RELAY POINT FOR OPERATIONAL INTELLIGENCE GATHERED BY THE NETWORK OF COASTWATCHERS THAT OPERATED IN THE SOLOMON ISLANDS.