BRISBANE COMBINED OPERATIONAL
INTELLIGENCE CENTRE (COIC)
LOCATED IN GHQ SWPA
| visits since 25 August 2001 |
The Brisbane Military Phone Book for 1942 shows that the Brisbane Combined Operations Intelligence Center was located on the 8th Floor of the AMP Building, which also contained MacArthur's South West Pacific Area's GHQ.
Note that it was called the Combined Operations Intelligence Centre in the 1942 Military Phone Book rather than the Combined Operational Intelligence Center. It was called Combined Operational Intelligence Center in the 1994 Telephone Directory.
Brisbane COIC personnel were located as follows in the AMP Building:-
BRISBANE TELEPHONE DIRECTORY - DECEMBER 1942
Room 821
| Acting Director COIC | Captain J.C. Mullaly |
| Secretary | S/O P.S. Hood |
| Adjutant | P/O W.J. Morgan |
Room 822
| Staff Officer Navy Intelligence | P/Lt. G.J. Conner |
| P/Lt. T.F. Riddell | |
| Secretary | N. Steel |
Room 816
| Staff Officer Army Intelligence | Captain A.E. Ney |
| Staff Officer Air Intelligence | F/Lt A.S. Bradshaw |
| F/Lt. V. Wesche | |
| Secretary | S/O L.O. Mumford |
Room 812
| Duty Officer Supervisor | S/Ldr J.V. Wischer |
| P/Lt W.G. Somervaille | |
| Capt. H.G. Carpenter | |
| Collation Section | F/Lt. S.L. Prescott |
| Lt. R.W. Edwards | |
| P. Sub/Lt. Z. Cowan | |
| Duty Navy Officer | P/lt. F.L. Bell |
| P/Lt. M.V. McIerney | |
| P. Sub/Lt. H.M. Sampford | |
| Duty Officer Army | Capt. H.S. Carmichael |
| Lt. R.W. Frederick | |
| Lt. L.D. Burton | |
| Duty Officer Air | F/O G.E. Reveleigh |
| F/O H.G. Johns | |
| P/O A.W. Rogers | |
| Continuity Officer | Lt. H. McAbee |
| Logging Desk | W.A.A.A.F. Personnel |
| W.A.A.A.F. Supervisor |
BRISBANE TELEPHONE DIRECTORY - MAY 1944
Room 816
| Director | Lt. Col. J.C. Mullaly (Aust. Army) |
| Secretary | Flt/O V.L. Ayers (WAAAF) |
| 2-i-C | S/Ldr J.V. Wischer (RAAF) |
Room 822
| Staff Officers: (Intelligence) | |
| Navy | Lt. Comdr. (Sp) G.J. Connor (RANVR) |
| Lt. (Sp) W.G. Somervaille (RANVR) | |
| Secretary: | S/O R.C. Truscott (WAAAF) |
Room 815
| Army: | Major J.G. Wilson (Aust. Army) |
| Capt. L.D. Burton, Jr. | |
| Air | S/Ldr. V.G. Wesche (RAAF) |
| F/Lt. C. Robertson (RAAF) | |
| Secretary | S/O A.G. Guy (WAAAF) |
Room 812
| Duty Officer Supervisors: | Capt. D.H. Hill (Aust. Army) | |
| Capt. A.E. Ney (Aust. Army) | ||
| Lt. (Sp) I.F. McLaren (RANVR) | ||
| F/Lt. J.W. Powling (RAAF) | ||
| Duty Officers: | ||
| Navy: | Lt. (Sp) W.H. Rice (RANVR) | |
| Lt. (Sp) R.J. Simmons (RANVR) | ||
| Sub/Lt. (Sp) D. Hartigan (RANVR) | ||
| Sub/Lt. (Sp) W.J. Meredith (RANVR) | ||
| Army: | Capt. E.C. Browne (Aust. Army) | |
| Lt. C.H. Bates | ||
| Lt. D.E. Bosworth | ||
| Air: | Capt. N.P.C. Coliver | |
| Lt. C.W. Weinberger | Guess who this is!! | |
| F/O A.L. Simms (RAAF) | ||
| Lt. B. Wall | ||
| Collation Section: | Lt. (Sp) F.L.S. Bell (RANVR) | |
| Capt. F.H.C. Maclagan (Aust. Army) | ||
| F/Lt. A.W.W. Rogers (RAAF) | ||
| Lt. (Sp) L.J. Austin (RANVR) | ||
| Logging Desk: | WAAAF Personnel | |
| WAAF Supervisor: | Flt/O J.C. Darbyshire (WAAAF) |
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