LUNGGA, GUADALCANAL, SOLOMON ISLANDS, 1944-02-29. THE DEPUTY SUPERVISING INTELLIGENCE OFFICER ...

Place Oceania: Pacific Islands, Solomon Islands, Guadalcanal
Accession Number P01672.015
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Film copy negative
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

LUNGGA, GUADALCANAL, SOLOMON ISLANDS, 1944-02-29. THE DEPUTY SUPERVISING INTELLIGENCE OFFICER (DSIO), NAVAL INTELLIGENCE DIVISION, RAN, AND HIS OFFICER STAFF IN FRONT OF THE DSIO'S CABIN AT HIS HEADQUARTERS CAMP. LEFT TO RIGHT: BACK ROW: LIEUTENANT (LT) W.B. MARSTON; LT COMMANDER D.S. MACFARLANE, DSIO; LT R.N. EBBELS. FRONT ROW: LT T.O. SEXTON, RADIO OFFICER; LT F.W. MCCONAGHY. THEY ARE ALL RANVR OFFICERS. THE CABIN IS A NATIVE PIT-PIT HUT 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.