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Australia's Central Bureau Intelligence Corps – South West Pacific
REMEMBRANCE DAY SERVICE ROSEVILLE MEMORIAL CLUB
On10th November 2017, three members from the Arthur Phillip Chapter were invited to the Roseville Memorial Club's private room for a reunion of about 20 veterans of the Central Bureau Intelligence Corps and their guests.
Our invitation to join the group was because one member's father was in Intelligence with the Australian Navy during World War 2. It was a privilege to meet and hear these veterans speak about their encryption processes, which was based on the UK’s Bletchley Park's secret Intelligence Division, where they had broken the German Enigma Code - always cloaked in secrecy.
The Australian code-breakers worked in secret too, decoding in the garage of a Brisbane building; above them were the “top brass” (whom they never saw), who decided who should be the recipient of the information. Guest speaker and author was David Dufty who talked about the secrecy surrounding the code-breaking work in Australia, and the blanket of silence that continued for 30 years, even up until fairly recently. Therefore their critical work is virtually unknown by the general public - their valiant efforts are not publicly recognised even today.
© Arthur Phillip Chapter of Fellowship of First Fleeters 2021 -
Images: From the official photographer, and courtesy J. Kennedy
REMEMBRANCE DAY SERVICE ROSEVILLE MEMORIAL CLUB
On10th November 2017, three members from the Arthur Phillip Chapter were invited to the Roseville Memorial Club's private room for a reunion of about 20 veterans of the Central Bureau Intelligence Corps and their guests.
Our invitation to join the group was because one member's father was in Intelligence with the Australian Navy during World War 2. It was a privilege to meet and hear these veterans speak about their encryption processes, which was based on the UK’s Bletchley Park's secret Intelligence Division, where they had broken the German Enigma Code - always cloaked in secrecy.
The Australian code-breakers worked in secret too, decoding in the garage of a Brisbane building; above them were the “top brass” (whom they never saw), who decided who should be the recipient of the information. Guest speaker and author was David Dufty who talked about the secrecy surrounding the code-breaking work in Australia, and the blanket of silence that continued for 30 years, even up until fairly recently. Therefore their critical work is virtually unknown by the general public - their valiant efforts are not publicly recognised even today.
© Arthur Phillip Chapter of Fellowship of First Fleeters 2021 -
Images: From the official photographer, and courtesy J. Kennedy
