MILITARY ESTABLISHMENTS IN THE
TOWNSVILLE AREA
DURING WORLD WAR 2
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| visits since 11 June 2000 |
AIRFIELDS
| Aitkenvale
Weir near Weir State School |
Antil Plains |
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| Breddan | Fanning |
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| Garbutt | Giru |
Macrossan |
| Mount St. John | Reid River |
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| Ross River | ||
| Woodstock |
BUNKERS AND GUN EMPLACEMENTS
| Bomb Shelter, "The Rocks" Guesthouse, 20 Cleveland Terrace | Castle Hill |
Combined
Operational Intelligence Centre |
| Command Post on top of Castle Hill, Townsville | Fort Kissing Point | |
| Magnetic Island Forts | Mount Louisa |
Mount Stuart Bunker |
Mount Elliott? |
Mount St. John 16 Heavy Anti-aircraft Battery |
Pitt's Ridge |
| Queens
Park Bunker (Townsville) |
Ramsay Street Bunker |
US Anti-aircraft
Battery & Radar Station |
| 208th
Anti Aircraft Battalion battery (US Army) The Strand, Stanton Hill, South Townsville and Cape Cleveland |
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BUILDINGS, DEPOTS AND CAMPS
116
Australian General Hospital |
1
Wireless Unit buildings |
104
Radar Station (RDF) |
US
2nd Field Hospital |
2/14
Australian General Hospital |
No. 2
US Air Command |
No. 3
Fighter Sector Headquarters |
4th Air
Depot Group |
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| 29 Air Stores Park, Garbutt, and Balls Lane | ||
US Army 9th Portable Hospital |
US
Army 12th Station Hospital |
US
Army 13th Station Hospital |
24
Squadron RAAF HQ |
US Army 44th General Hospital Black River |
US Army 85th Station Hospital |
US Army Base 2 |
American
Officer's Club |
Army Post
Office APO9ZZ E.S.&A Bank, Flinders St. now Best & Less |
Australian
Officer's Club |
American
Officer's Hotel |
American Chemical Warfare Unit |
Armstrong
Staging Area |
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Base
Headquarters USAAF |
Base Headquarters Townsville, US Navy |
Base Supply Depot, US Navy |
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Botanical Gardens Camp |
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Camp Cluden |
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Dance Hall and American |
Fleet Post Office, US Navy |
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Flinders No. 1
Depot |
Fuel Dump |
Heatley's Hall (Dance Hall) |
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Helton Hall |
Jezzine Barracks |
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Koala Ordnance
Service Depot at Stuart |
Landsborough Street, |
Military
Hospital |
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North East Area |
Naval Depot and Workshop | |
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Naval
Hospital Townsville, US Navy, Rose Bay |
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"Pooladium" |
Queens Gardens
Camp |
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Queens Park Camp for 6 Transportation and Movements Office RAAF |
RAAF Base Pool Camp, Burt St., Mundingburra |
RAAF
High Frequency Direction Finding Station |
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RAAF Hospital |
RAAF Radar Station No. 136 |
RAAF Operations and Signals Group |
RAAF Post Office |
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RAN Station 22, Port War Signal Station, Townsville |
RAN Station 24, Harbour Signal Station, Townsville |
Remount
Depot |
Supply
Section |
US Army Section Base Two |
US
Anti-aircraft gun workshop |
US Radio Base |
US Army
Ordnance Depot |
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US Radio
Transmitter |
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GENERAL AREAS
Jimmy's Lookout |
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Rollingstone |
Rock Pool
area |
The Strand |
| Townsville War Cemetery | US Cemetery - Townsville |
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This page first produced 11 June 2000
This page last updated 16 September 2007