Brinley Newton-John was a Professor of German literature and was a Wing Commander during the Second World War.
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Brinley Newton-John was commissioned in the Royal Air Force on 30 September 1940 as a Flying Officer. He was soon drafted into intelligence due to his superior understanding of the German language. He spent two years interrogating captured German pilots, using his language skills and familiarity with upper-class German society to gain their confidence and elicit information.
Brinley was involved in authenticating the identity of Rudolf Hess in May 1941. In 1942 he was seconded to the top-secret Ultra project at Bletchley Park, the intelligence unit that, among other things, broke the German Enigma codes, frequently giving the Allies advance knowledge of enemy plans. Located in Hut 3, he was engaged in interpreting and analysing the information decoded in Hut 6.
Brinley was part of the team that supplied General (Sir) Bernard (Viscount) Montgomery with crucial information about the disposition of Field Marshal Erwin Rommel's forces and supply lines a week before the battle of El Alamein in October 1942. By the end of the war, Brinley was promoted to Wing Commander, which is a meteoric rise from that of Flying Officer.
Source: Australian Dictionary of Biography
Contributor: Michelle L (50318008)
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Brinley ("Bryn") Newton-John was born in the New Market Tavern in the Hayes, Cardiff where his mum worked behind the bar.
Bryn was an MI5 officer on the Enigma project at Bletchley Park and was the officer who took Rudolph Hess into custody during World War II.
He went to Cambridge, where he married Nobel Physics laureate Max Born's daughter, Irene Born in 1937
In 1939, his son Hugh was born, followed in 1943 by the birth of his daughter Rona. Then on Sep 26, 1948 was the birth of Olivia Newton-John.
In 1954 Newton-John's family emigrated to Melbourne, Australia, where he worked as a professor of German and as Master of Ormond College at the University of Melbourne.
Cause of death: cancer of the liver
Enigma Code
Brinley Newton-John was commissioned in the Royal Air Force on 30 September 1940 as a Flying Officer. He was soon drafted into intelligence due to his superior understanding of the German language. He spent two years interrogating captured German pilots, using his language skills and familiarity with upper-class German society to gain their confidence and elicit information.
Brinley was involved in authenticating the identity of Rudolf Hess in May 1941. In 1942 he was seconded to the top-secret Ultra project at Bletchley Park, the intelligence unit that, among other things, broke the German Enigma codes, frequently giving the Allies advance knowledge of enemy plans. Located in Hut 3, he was engaged in interpreting and analysing the information decoded in Hut 6.
Brinley was part of the team that supplied General (Sir) Bernard (Viscount) Montgomery with crucial information about the disposition of Field Marshal Erwin Rommel's forces and supply lines a week before the battle of El Alamein in October 1942. By the end of the war, Brinley was promoted to Wing Commander, which is a meteoric rise from that of Flying Officer.
Source: Australian Dictionary of Biography
Contributor: Michelle L (50318008)
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Brinley ("Bryn") Newton-John was born in the New Market Tavern in the Hayes, Cardiff where his mum worked behind the bar.
Bryn was an MI5 officer on the Enigma project at Bletchley Park and was the officer who took Rudolph Hess into custody during World War II.
He went to Cambridge, where he married Nobel Physics laureate Max Born's daughter, Irene Born in 1937
In 1939, his son Hugh was born, followed in 1943 by the birth of his daughter Rona. Then on Sep 26, 1948 was the birth of Olivia Newton-John.
In 1954 Newton-John's family emigrated to Melbourne, Australia, where he worked as a professor of German and as Master of Ormond College at the University of Melbourne.
Cause of death: cancer of the liver
Brinley Newton-John was a Professor of German literature and was a Wing Commander during the Second World War.
Enigma Code
Brinley Newton-John was commissioned in the Royal Air Force on 30 September 1940 as a Flying Officer. He was soon drafted into intelligence due to his superior understanding of the German language. He spent two years interrogating captured German pilots, using his language skills and familiarity with upper-class German society to gain their confidence and elicit information.
Brinley was involved in authenticating the identity of Rudolf Hess in May 1941. In 1942 he was seconded to the top-secret Ultra project at Bletchley Park, the intelligence unit that, among other things, broke the German Enigma codes, frequently giving the Allies advance knowledge of enemy plans. Located in Hut 3, he was engaged in interpreting and analysing the information decoded in Hut 6.
Brinley was part of the team that supplied General (Sir) Bernard (Viscount) Montgomery with crucial information about the disposition of Field Marshal Erwin Rommel's forces and supply lines a week before the battle of El Alamein in October 1942. By the end of the war, Brinley was promoted to Wing Commander, which is a meteoric rise from that of Flying Officer.
Source: Australian Dictionary of Biography
Contributor: Michelle L (50318008)
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Brinley ("Bryn") Newton-John was born in the New Market Tavern in the Hayes, Cardiff where his mum worked behind the bar.
Bryn was an MI5 officer on the Enigma project at Bletchley Park and was the officer who took Rudolph Hess into custody during World War II.
He went to Cambridge, where he married Nobel Physics laureate Max Born's daughter, Irene Born in 1937
In 1939, his son Hugh was born, followed in 1943 by the birth of his daughter Rona. Then on Sep 26, 1948 was the birth of Olivia Newton-John.
In 1954 Newton-John's family emigrated to Melbourne, Australia, where he worked as a professor of German and as Master of Ormond College at the University of Melbourne.
Cause of death: cancer of the liver
Enigma Code
Brinley Newton-John was commissioned in the Royal Air Force on 30 September 1940 as a Flying Officer. He was soon drafted into intelligence due to his superior understanding of the German language. He spent two years interrogating captured German pilots, using his language skills and familiarity with upper-class German society to gain their confidence and elicit information.
Brinley was involved in authenticating the identity of Rudolf Hess in May 1941. In 1942 he was seconded to the top-secret Ultra project at Bletchley Park, the intelligence unit that, among other things, broke the German Enigma codes, frequently giving the Allies advance knowledge of enemy plans. Located in Hut 3, he was engaged in interpreting and analysing the information decoded in Hut 6.
Brinley was part of the team that supplied General (Sir) Bernard (Viscount) Montgomery with crucial information about the disposition of Field Marshal Erwin Rommel's forces and supply lines a week before the battle of El Alamein in October 1942. By the end of the war, Brinley was promoted to Wing Commander, which is a meteoric rise from that of Flying Officer.
Source: Australian Dictionary of Biography
Contributor: Michelle L (50318008)
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Brinley ("Bryn") Newton-John was born in the New Market Tavern in the Hayes, Cardiff where his mum worked behind the bar.
Bryn was an MI5 officer on the Enigma project at Bletchley Park and was the officer who took Rudolph Hess into custody during World War II.
He went to Cambridge, where he married Nobel Physics laureate Max Born's daughter, Irene Born in 1937
In 1939, his son Hugh was born, followed in 1943 by the birth of his daughter Rona. Then on Sep 26, 1948 was the birth of Olivia Newton-John.
In 1954 Newton-John's family emigrated to Melbourne, Australia, where he worked as a professor of German and as Master of Ormond College at the University of Melbourne.
Cause of death: cancer of the liver
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