CAMP YERONGA,
YERONGA PARK, BRISBANE, QLD
DURING WW2

The entrance to Camp Yeronga in July 2002

MAY 1944 BRISBANE MILITARY TELEPHONE DIRECTORY

BASE SECTION 3

HEADQUARTERS COMPANY ((Yeronga Park)

Commanding Officer:
    Lt. Reed, G.S.    JLX 412
Administration:
    Orderly Room    JLX 412, 487
    1st Sergeant    JLX 412
Supply Officer:
    Lt. Crombie, J.C.    JLX 412
Base Section Band:
    Bandmaster:
        W/O. Webb, R.F.    JLX 487
Dispensary:
    Medical Officer:
        Capt. Hyman, S.J.    JLX 637

MILITARY POLICE:

799th M.P. Bn.
    Company "A" (Yeronga Park)
        Commanding Officer:
            Capt. Kane, E.J.    JLX 348
    Company "B" (Yeronga Park)
        Commanding Officer:
            Capt. Bell, S.M.    JLX 639

Detachment 3 of the 832nd Signal Service Company, Signal Section, USASOS, were initially billeted in an old orphan's home in Brisbane. They then moved to Camp Moorooka on the southern side of Brisbane where they lived in tents. They then moved to Camp Yeronga and lived in some small huts made of white or grey mineral siding (3 men to a hut) and finally, they moved Camp Victoria Park not far from the central city area of Brisbane.

Photo: Ken Osterberg

Ken Osterberg on the right in front of the small huts at Camp Yeronga

Beryl Sivell told me that her boyfriend during WW2, Harold Tichman was a bodyguard for Mrs. MacArthur and her son Arthur. Harold had been camped at Yeronga Park for a while and then stayed at Lennon's Hotel. He accompanied Mrs. MacArthur and her son back to the States.

Corporal G.E. Boileau (14063483), who worked at the top secret Hemmant Transmitting Station, was living at Camp Yeronga in about July 1945.

Pass for Corporal G.E. Boileau (14063483) to access the Hemmant Transmitting Station

Corporal G.E. Boileau was living at Camp Yeronga

	Plaque on the front gate to Camp Yeronga
	A memorial inside Yeronga Park
	Plaque on a rock near the above memorial
	The Ipswich Road gates into Yeronga Park
	Is this the last remaining building on site from the original Camp Yeronga? It is located in a corner of Yeronga Park not far from the front gate

A number of Dutch Women's Army Corps personnel lived at Camp Columbia but were trained at Camp Yeronga in Brisbane. The American WACs based at Camp Yeronga, threw a welcome party for the Dutch WACs at Camp Yeronga on 26 September 1944.

Dutch WACs being welcomed by American WACs at Camp Yeronga on 26 September 1944

Dutch WACs being welcomed by American WACs at Camp Yeronga on 26 September 1944

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

I'd like to thank Beryl Sivell for her assistance with this home page.

I'd like to thank Ken Osterberg Detachment 3 of the 832nd Signal Service Company for his assistance with this home page.

I'd like to thank George E. Boileau, Jr. of Gilbert, Arizona USA, for his assistance with this web page. His father George Edward Boileau, Sr. worked at Hemmant Transmitting Station during WW2 and lived at Camp Yeronga.

Can anyone help me with more information?

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This page first produced 3 July 2002

This page last updated 26 May 2024