MILITARY ESTABLISHMENTS IN THE TOWNSVILLE AREA
DURING WORLD WAR 2

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AIRFIELDS

Aitkenvale Weir
near Weir State School

Antil Plains

Bohle River

Breddan

Charters Towers

Fanning

Garbutt

Giru

Macrossan

Mount St. John

Naval Air Station Palm Island, US Navy

Reid River

Ross River

Stock Route

Townsville Harbour Flying Boat Anchorage

Woodstock      

 

BUNKERS AND GUN EMPLACEMENTS

Bomb Shelter, "The Rocks" Guesthouse, 20 Cleveland Terrace Castle Hill

Combined Operational Intelligence Centre
(Inside Castle Hill at West End)

Command Post on top of Castle Hill, Townsville Fort Kissing Point

Green Street Bunker

Magnetic Island Forts Mount Louisa

Mount Stuart Bunker

Mount Elliott?
Was there one?

Mount St. John 16 Heavy Anti-aircraft Battery

Pitt's Ridge
Anti-aircraft Battery

Queens Park Bunker
(Townsville)
Ramsay Street Bunker

US Anti-aircraft Battery & Radar Station
McLelland's Lookout
Paluma area

3 Fighter Sector Headquarters, Stuart

208th Anti Aircraft Battalion battery (US Army)
The Strand, Stanton Hill, South Townsville and Cape Cleveland

 

 

BUILDINGS, DEPOTS AND CAMPS

116 Australian General Hospital
Catholic College & C of E
School in Charters Towers

1 Wireless Unit buildings
at French & Sycamore Streets in Pimlico and at Stuart

104 Radar Station (RDF)
Castle Hill

US 2nd Field Hospital
Mt. Elliott

2/14 Australian General Hospital
old Quarantine Station,
Pallarenda

No. 2 US Air Command
5th Air Force HQ
McIntyre's Building
Ramsay Street, Garbutt

3rd US Medical Supply Unit
229 Flinders Street

No. 3 Fighter Sector Headquarters
Townsville Grammar School

4th Air Depot Group
Mount Louisa

29 Air Stores Park, Garbutt, and Balls Lane    

US Army 9th Portable Hospital
Mt. Elliott

US Army 12th Station Hospital
Chapman Street,
Mysterton Estate

US Army 13th Station Hospital
Hatchett St. & Mt. Elliott

24 Squadron RAAF HQ
Green Street, West End

US Army 44th General Hospital
Black River

US Army 85th Station Hospital
Mt. Elliott

US Army Base 2
Intelligence Section

AMP Building, corner of
Flinders & Stokes Sts.

American Officer's Club
The Queens Hotel

Army Post Office APO9ZZ
E.S.&A Bank, Flinders St.
now Best & Less

Australian Officer's Club
Seaview Hotel

Manned by AWAS

American Officer's Hotel
Buchanan's Hotel

American Chemical Warfare Unit
Balls Lane

Armstrong Staging Area
at Armstrong's Paddock
Pimlico High School & Townsville College of TAFE

Army Staging Camp at Julago

Australian Army Camp
Townsville Show Grounds

Base Headquarters USAAF
120 Walker St (or is it 120 Denham St.)

Base Headquarters Townsville, US Navy

Base Supply Depot, US Navy

Botanical Gardens Camp
US Army

 Camp Bluewater

 

Camp Cluden

Camp Cutheringa

Camp McClung

Customs House
The Strand
   

Dance Hall and American
Red Cross Canteen &
Recreation Centre
AWU Building, Denham St.
opposite Walker St.

Fleet Post Office, US Navy

Flinders No. 1 Depot
Eagers Building
Flinders Street

Fuel Dump
Woodlands Shopping Centre,
Deeragun

Heatley's Hall (Dance Hall)
where Coles Cafeteria
is located in Sturt St.

Helton Hall
US Entertainment Hall

US Entertainment Hall
Mount Louisa area

Igloo at 142 Bundock St., Belgian Gardens

Jezzine Barracks

Koala Ordnance Service Depot at Stuart
(Where Stuart Cement Works is located)

Landsborough Street,
North Ward
Camp for Officers, Sergeants and Airmen

Military Hospital
"The Rocks" Guesthouse, 20 Cleveland Tearrace

North East Area
Headquarters

Headquarters
The Commonwealth Building

 Naval Depot and Workshop

 Naval Headquarters
HMAS Magnetic

Naval Magazine Townsville, US Navy

Naval Hospital Townsville, US Navy, Rose Bay
(now Rowes Bay)

No. 3 Wireless Unit Camp, Balls Lane, Townsville

"Pooladium"
An entertainment Stage, near Charlotte St., Townsville, near Aplin's Weir

Queens Gardens Camp
US Army

Queens Park US Stockade

  Queens Park Camp for 6 Transportation and Movements Office RAAF

RAAF Base Pool Camp, Burt St., Mundingburra

RAAF High Frequency Direction Finding Station
Moongobulla

RAAF Hospital
"Currajong", part of old

Mater Hospital
now relocated to

Castling St., West End

RAAF Radar Station No. 136
Alligator Creek

RAAF Operations and Signals Group
Green Street, West End

RAAF Post Office
Townsville School of Arts Building

RAAF Recreation Centre, Townsville

RAN Station 21, Port War Signal Station, Magnetic Island

RAN Station 22, Port War Signal Station, Townsville

RAN Station 24, Harbour Signal Station, Townsville

Remount Depot
Rocky Springs

Supply Section
US Base Two Engineers

US Base Two Engineers

US Base Two Engineers

US Base Two Engineers
380 & 381 Flinders St. West

US Army Section Base Two
Signal Section

Signal Section

Signal Section

Signal Section
Beak House, 336 Flinders Street

US Anti-aircraft gun workshop
Dalgety & Co. Building
now Sun Skill House

US Radio Base
Mount Low

US Army Ordnance Depot
Kurukan

US Navy Base Section Townsville

US Radio Transmitter
Witt's Lookout

WAAAF housing
St. Annes School

WAAAF Accommodation
St. Patrick's Convent

WAAAF Base Camp, Belgian Gardens

Wet Canteen, Blackwood Street, Townsville

 

 

GENERAL AREAS

Castle Hill

Jimmy's Lookout
Anti-aircraft Gun & Search Light Battery

Mount Louisa

  Rollingstone
Australian Army Staging Camp

 Rock Pool area
Landing barges used this area

The Strand

Townsville War Cemetery US Cemetery - Townsville  

 

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