WWII Military Units,
HistoryNT,
Second World War, 1939-1945,
Date
0000-00-00,
Location
Darwin,
Nation of service
Canada,
Service
Army,
Service branch
Signals,
Unit
1 Canadian Special Wireless Group,
Date arrived in NT
1945-04-18,
Date left the NT
1945-10-24,
History
Special Wireless Signals Group arrived in Darwin April 1945 where they intercepted up to 1200 Japanese messages per day. They remained until October 1945.,
NTC 940.541271 CANA Howey, Mel. C.S.W.G. 1944-1945 : souvenir booklet. compiled by the editorial staff of the Static Press for members of the 1 Canadian Special Wireless Group, Royal Canadian Signal Corps Australia : H.D.W. Wethey, 1945.,
NTC 940.548671 MURR Murray, Gil. The invisible war : the untold secret story of Number One Canadian Special Wireless Group, Royal Canadian Signal Corps, 1944-1946. Toronto ; Oxford : Dundurn Press, 2001,
NTC 940.548694 BALL Ballard, St. Vincent . On ultra active service : the story of Australia’s signals intelligence operations during World War II. Richmond, Vic. : Spectrum, 1991. p. 197-8, 278-9, 281,
NTC 940.548671 CANA Moir, John S. History of the Royal Canadian Corps of Signals, 1903-1961. written by officers of the corps Ottawa : Corps Committee, Royal Canadian Corps of Signals, 1962. p.223-224.,
Canadian Signals and Intelligence Group, Australia, 1945. Despatch. 1994, Vol.29 no.1, January/February, p.14-15,