Central Interpretation Unit A6, Directorate of Intelligence, Allied Air Force, in Australia during WW2

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

The back row consists of USN ensigns, learning photo intelligence
before going north. 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.

I'd like to thank June Cutting (nee Nicholson) and David Glerean for their assistance with this web page.

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