FOR SALE (if you have some spare change): ‘Nyrambla’ at 21 Henry St, Ascot. Mode…

FOR SALE (if you have some spare change): ‘Nyrambla’ at 21 Henry St, Ascot. Modern images courtesy of Ray White Real Estate.
A grand, hillside 1885 Ascot home, “Nyrambla” was requisitioned by the US Army circa July 1942 as the headquarters of Central Bureau in Australia. This was a joint US/Australian secret code-breaking organisation. It put the forerunners of IBM computers into the garage at “Nyrambla” to aid code breaking. In April 1943, it decoded an intercepted Japanese signal that lead to the ambush and death of Admiral Yamamoto, who had planned the attack on Pearl Harbour. Central Bureau remained at “Nyrambla” until 1945. https://www.ww2places.qld.gov.au/place?id=40