13 AUSTRALIAN ARMY PERSONNEL
STAGING CAMP, OONOONBA
TOWNSVILLE, QLD
DURING WW2
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13 Australian Army Personnel Staging Camp, Oonoonba (13 APSC) was used as a staging camp for many of the Australian Army Military personnel on their way to New Guinea during WW2. It was built in the Meatworks holding paddock on the high ground between the Oonoonba School and the Oonoonba Animal Health Station beside Abbott Street and the railway line.
The Staging Camp had its own open air picture theatre.
Military
Camps/Units at Oonoonba
(previously Fairfield) during WW2
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The only National Archives Australia reference to Oonoonba is as follows:-
| Title Workshops - Oonoonba |
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| Series number B5281 |
Control symbol 1.14/12 |
Contents date range circa 1940 - circa 1945 |
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Location Melbourne |
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This page first produced 21 November 2003
This page last updated 04 July 2004
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