HOUSE IN MACQUARIE STREET,
ST LUCIA, BRISBANE, QLD
USED AS RESIDENCE FOR GENERAL BLAMEY 
DURING WW2

visits since 2 March 2005

General Sir Thomas Blamey, established his Advanced Land Headquarters in the Forgan Smith Building at the Queensland University at St. Lucia in Brisbane from 1 August 1942 to 31 December 1944 during World War 2.

Lieutenant Robert Sydney Melloy of Hirings Section, No. 1 Lines of Communication, Australian Army Hirings Service located a modern recently-built house in Macquarie Street, St Lucia near the University as an initial residence for General Blamey. He later lived at "Moorlands" in the grounds of the Wesley Hospital.

REFERENCE BOOKS

 "Time will Tell, Memoirs of a Kangaroo Point Kid - R.S. Melloy"
As told to Diane Melloy

Heaps of WW2 books available at Amazon.com

"Australia @ War"

This page first produced 2 March 2005

This page last updated 02 March 2005