US WAY STATION,
NORTH STRADBROKE ISLAND, QLD
DURING WW2

visits since 25 January 2003

The Redlands History Work for the Dole Project is researching information on possible troop movements or military activities on North Stradbroke Island during WW2.

They believe North Stradbroke Island was utilised during the war by the Americans as a Way Station. This allowed them to avoid having to navigate through busy Moreton Bay to the Port of Brisbane.

The Project Team have heard of a number of discoveries of Marsden Matting used by the Americans during WW2 to transport heavy equipment across Eighteen Mile Swamp just south of the causeway on the east coast of North Stradbroke Island. Once across the swamp the equipment was loaded onto trucks bound for the west side of the island to be ferried to the mainland. 

Although they have heard of accounts from people regarding the discovery of the matting and its use, The Redlands History Work for the Dole Project team would like to locate these sites and find out more about the history of this operation during WW2. 

Please send me an e-mail if you know the location of
any Marsden Matting or any information on its use during WW2

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

I'd like to thank Karen Godwin for her assistance with this home page.

Heaps of WW2 books available at Amazon.com

This page first produced 25 January 2003

This page last updated 25 January 2003