ARMY CAMP AT MEEANDAH, BRISBANE
DURING WW2

visits since 7 May 2001

There was a large Army Camp at Meeandah during WW2. It was developed by the Americans during WW2 as a defence storage and warehouse facility. It is used today by the Australian Army and is known as Damascus Barracks.

1944 Photograph showing Camp Meeandah located just north of Kingsford Smith Drive

A work colleague of mine who was previously in the Australian Army told me about some work that they were doing a number of years ago near a swampy area in the Meeandah Army Camp. They exposed a number of Bren Guns etc that had been buried there at the end of WW2. After some extensive digging significant amounts of WW2 guns etc were recovered and a number of truckloads of this material were sent to the Bradford Kendall foundry at Beenleigh Road, Runcorn to be melted down.

In February 2003 it was announced that the Australian Army would place a large parcel of land used for storage at Meeandah up for sale in March 2003 through Colliers International. 20 hectares of the 60 hectares of land would be withheld while an application by the Immigration Department for a controversial Detention Centre for illegal immigrants is considered. The 40 hectares would be made available for sale with a 3 year leaseback.

Camp Meeandah in June 2003

Can anyone tell me about the WW2 History of this Army Camp at Meeandah?

Heaps of WW2 books available at Amazon.com

This page first produced 7 May 2001

This page last updated 09 June 2003