SECRET INTELLIGENCE AUSTRALIA (SIA)
SECTION "B" OF ALLIED INTELLIGENCE BUREAU

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Secret Intelligence Australia was a British political unit under the command of Captain Roy Kendall. It was known as Section "B" of the Allied Intelligence Bureau (AIB). Kendall reported directly to Prime Minister Churchill. He was not accountable in any way to the Australians or the Americans. This was acceptable as long as their operations were held outside of the South West Pacific area.

A signal intercept and code-breaking unit, SIA was modelled on the British Secret Intelligence Service (MI6). SIA was charged with the "Collection of information of the enemy and his activities through certain special means and channels concerning which detailed secret instructions will be issued from time to time".

SIA's Headquarters was at "Craigroyston" in Bowen Terrace, in the suburb of New Farm in Brisbane. Its training headquarters was at Newman House at Caboolture, just north of Brisbane. Newman House was a grand old elegant building set in several acres of land. It had a courtyard and extensive gardens, complete with a bowling green, croquet green, tennis courts, billiard room, sundeck and a water tower. SIA operatives used the water tower to practice parachute jumping.

The Netherlands Forces Intelligence Section, Division III worked closely with SIA.

Netherlands East Indies Regional Section

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This page first produced 27 September 2001

This page last updated 26 March 2005