MILITARY UNITS
IN CAIRNS AREA DURING WW2
visits since 20 May 2000 |
AIR FORCE
| 3 Mobile Torpedoe
Maintenance Unit RAAF (moved to Darwin) |
11 Squadron RAAF | 20 Squadron RAAF |
| No. 35 Operational Base Unit RAAF | 41 Squadron RAAF | 64 AASL Coy |
| 75 Squadron RAAF | Chemical Research
Unit Detachment (WAAAF's attached to this unit) |
Directorate of Air Transport |
ARMY
| 2/5th Battalion, 17th Brigade, 6th Australian Division | 3rd Portable Surgical Hospital | 42nd
Landing Craft Company 3rd Water Transport Group (at Trinity Beach) |
| 162nd
Ordnance Company, 2nd Engineer Special Brigade |
199th Quartermaster Gas Company | 287th
Signal Company 2nd Engineer Amphibian Brigade |
| 411th Engineer Base Shop Battalion, U.S. Army | 411th Engineer Company | 436th Signal Battalion |
| 532nd
Engineer Amphibian Regiment, 2nd Engineer Amphibian Brigade |
592nd Engineer Boat and Shore Regiment | 695th Quartermaster Truck Company |
| 3498th Ordnance Medium Maintenance Company | 5211 Engineer Battalion | Advanced Headquarters, 2nd Engineer Special Brigade |
| H Aust Heavy Battery | Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment of the 262nd Medical Battalion, 2nd Engineer Amphibian Brigade | Medical Detachment, 2nd ESB |
| Quartermaster Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd ESB | Rear Echelon, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd ESB |
NAVAL
Netherlands East Indies Air Force
South West Pacific area of Command
Air Defence Areas for Australia
Military Airfields in
Australia and
the Western Pacific area during WW2
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This page first produced 20 May 2000
This page last updated 14 August 2007
AUSTRALIA
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