The Central Bureau was one of two Allied signals intelligence organisations in the South West Pacific area during World War II. Central Bureau was attached to the headquarters of the Supreme Commander
Plaque at 21 Henry St, Ascot, Queensland
General Colin Simpson (right) with Major General Spencer B. Akin (left), the Chief Signal Officer at GHQ
Directors of the Central Bureau in Brisbane in 1944. Sinkov is second from the left.
21 Henry St, Ascot, Brisbane
South West Pacific Area was the name given to the Allied supreme military command in the South West Pacific Theatre of World War II. It was one of four major Allied commands in the Pacific War. SWPA i
Central Bureau
…intelligence (SIGINT) organisations in the South West Pacific area (SWPA) during World War II. Central Bureau was attached to the headquarters of the Supreme Commander, Southwest Pacific Area, General Douglas MacArthur. The role of the Bureau was to research and decrypt intercepted Imperial Japanese Army (land and air) traffic and work in…
General Douglas MacArthur and Australian Prime Minister John Curtin.
Command Organization, Southwest Pacific Area, July 1943
Royal Australian Air Force chief, Air Vice Marshal George Jones (left) meeting the Allied air forces commander in the SWPA, Lieutenant General George Kenney (right) in mid-1945, in Manila.
Allied Naval Forces SWPA, commander Vice Admiral Thomas C. Kinkaid (centre left) with MacArthur (centre) on 28 February 1944 on USS Phoenix during the bombardment of Los Negros Island, at the commencement of the Admiralty Islands campaign.