CENTRAL
INTERPRETATION UNIT A6
DIRECTORATE OF INTELLIGENCE
ALLIED AIR FORCE
IN AUSTRALIA DURING WWII
The Central Interpretation Unit was a section in the Directorate of Intelligence in Allied Air Force Headquarters. Major E. W. Owen was the Commanding Officer.
The October 1943 Military Telephone Directory for Brisbane shows the following entries for the Central Interpretation Unit:-
CENTRAL INTERPRETATION UNIT
(Old Courier Building):
Major Owen,
E.W.
Room 7 Old Courier Bldg.
F/Lt. Vroland,
R.N.
Room 7 Old Courier Bldg.
Photo
Interpretation Section:
Capt.
Simmons
Room 24 Old Courier Bldg
Capt. Hyslop,
A.J. Room
24 Old Courier Bldg
Lt. Fowlkes,
T. Room
24 Old Courier Bldg
F/O Pettifer,
H.C. Room
24 Old Courier Bldg
Lt. Axelrod,
D.I.
Room 24 Old Courier Bldg
Lt. Thompson,
H.D. Room
24 Old Courier Bldg
F/O Smith,
T.L.
Room 25 Old Courier Bldg
F/O Mackay,
C.
Room 24 Old Courier Bldg
Lt. Benson,
R.G.
Room 31 Old Courier Bldg
Lt. Anderson,
R.E.
Room 7 Old Courier Bldg
Lt. Page,
G.M. Room
7 Old Courier Bldg
Lt. Peacock,
J.H.
Room 31 Old Courier Bldg
Lt. Putman,
D.L.
Room 7 Old Courier Bldg
Lt. Giebelhaus,
W.
Room 31 Old Courier Bldg
Lt. Sprague,
J.S. Room
31 Old Courier Bldg
Lt. Murphy,
D. Room
24 Old Courier Bldg
Lt. Wright,
R.M. Room
24 Old Courier Bldg
S/O Naylor,
A. Room
31 Old Courier Bldg
Objective Data
Section:
F/O Weir,
A.H.
Room 36 Old Courier Bldg
F/O Williams,
H.M.
Room 36 Old Courier Bldg
F/O Fairbridge,
R.W. Room 36 Old
Courier Bldg
F/O De Verteuil,
P.
Room 24 Old Courier Bldg
Lt. Cheney,
W.D. Room
7 Old Courier Bldg
Lt. Walker,
H.H. Room
7 Old Courier Bldg
Flt/O Colvin,
M. Room
39 Old Courier Bldg
S/O Cook,
M.
Room 7 Old Courier Bldg
Intelligence
Map Section:
F/Lt Burr,
I.L.
Room 29 Old Courier Bldg
F/O Furneaux,
W.J. Room
29 Old Courier Bldg
F/O Barrass,
C.
Room 29 Old Courier Bldg
F/O Moir,
J.
Room 29 Old Courier Bldg
Capt. Fraser,
H.E.
Room 29 Old Courier Bldg
Lt. Crofts,
F.M.
Room 24 Old Courier Bldg
Lt. Marshall,
W.
Room 29 Old Courier Bldg
S/O Aldritt,
C.
Room 29 Old Courier Bldg
A/S/O Elvins,
N.E.
Room 29 Old Courier Bldg
Photo in Brisbane:- via June Cutting
The back row mainly
consists of USN ensigns, learning photo intelligence
before going north. The first on left in the back row is F/O
Joseph Pierre (Peter)
de Verteuil RAAF. Second row from left, S/O Audrey Naylor, S/O
Margaret
Dorothy Cook, P/O Ian Lawrence Burr, S/O Iris Constance Mirva
Colvin,
P/O Rhodes Whitmore Fairbridge, SGT Wolfe USA. ACW June
Nicholson
(later Cutting) is sitting in centre, others unknown.
The personnel in the above photograph
were in the Photo Intelligence section in Allied Headquarters at
the time of the photo. They then transferred into the Central
Interpretation Unit in 1943 and mostly moved into the Old
Courier Building.
ACW June Nicholson (later Cutting) was a WAAAF Clerk General working with S/O Mirva Colvin keeping files on aerodromes and air strips used by the Japanese between Australia and Japan. Major Owen went on to marry S/O Mirva Colvin and lived in south east Texas. Flying Officer Joseph Pierre (Peter) Verteuil is famous for working with CPL Nach (later FLGOFF) on the first Target Map produced from imagery captured by 24 Squadron operating out of Rabaul and another Target Map from Yeowart's mission.
REFERENCE BOOKS
1943 Military Telephone Directory for GHQ SWPA
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I'd like to thank June Cutting (nee Nicholson) and David Glerean for their assistance with this web page.
Can anyone help me with more information?
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