MILITARY UNITS BASED AT
CHARLEVILLE, QLD
DURING WWII
| 3rd Airdrome Squadron | 4th Quartermaster Company Detachment (Avn Sup), 46th Air Base Group | 4 Supply Personnel Company (Aus Army) |
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8th Material
Squadron 45th Air Base Group USAAF later 8th Service Squadron, then 8th Air Service Squadron |
14 Australian Line Section, Australian Army | 14 Operational Base Unit Detachment RAAF |
| 15 Operational Base Unit (15 OBU) RAAF | 15th
Weather Squadron & attached 5th Airways Com Sq Detachment of 8 Enlisted
Men shown 44th Edition of Station List & Operational Distribution of Troops 5 Feb 1943 |
18th Portable Hospital |
| 19th Bomb Group, USAAF |
45th Air Base Group Later 45th Service Group |
63rd Bomb
Squadron, 43rd Bomb Group (with no aircraft) Relocated to Torrens Creek on 3 August 1942 |
| 172nd Station Hospital Enroute from Melbourne | 174th Station Hospital | 205th Quartermaster Platoon Service Center (Avn), 45th Air Base Group |
| 374th
Troop Carrier Group Detachment of 4 Enlisted Men shown 44th Edition of Station List & Operational Distribution of Troops 5 Feb 1943 |
435th Bomb Squadron USAAF | 436th Sig. Cons. Battalion (Avn) |
| 441st Ordnance Company (Avn) B, 1 Platoon | 450th Service Squadron (Prov) | 453rd Ordnance Company (Bomb Avn) less 2 Platoons, 45th Air Base Group |
| 480th Service Squadron | 621st Quartermaster Platoon (Avn) (LM) Later 621st Quartermaster Company (Avn) (MM) | 895th Chemical Co., Air Oper (Detachment) |
| Air Training Corps |
Company
of the 19th Volunteer Defence Battalion whose HQs were in Roma Part of "E" Group VDC |
Decon Det 2nd
Chemical Company (Avn) attached to 8th Service Squadron |
| Detachment 4 Supply Personnel Company, Australian Army | Detachment 176th Signal Rep Company | Detachment 219 Supply Depot Platoon, Australian Army |
| Detachment 713th Ordnance Company (Avn) SG | Detachment Headquarters and 2nd Platoon 812th Quartermaster Company (Trk) | Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron 45th Air Base Group |
| Medical Detachment, 45th Air Base Group | Medical Detachment (8th Material Squadron), 45th Air Base Group |
United States Operation Training Unit No.
1 (Provisional-Bomber) USOTU No. 1 (Prov-B) also known as Operational Training Group #1 |
| USAAF Servicing Detail |
Women's National Emergency
Legion WNELs In July 1942 12 WELs were assigned to Charleville |
US Hospital Charleville
Charleville Meatworks Airfield
Charleville Radio Transmitter Site
RAAF Recruiting Train at Charleville
Teletype
circuit - Brisbane - Katherine
(linking in Charleville, Longreach, Cloncurry,
Camooweal, Daly Waters and Birdum)
Teleprinter
circuits for United States Forces in Australia
Brisbane - Charleville - Queensland
Flights by William R. Eaton of 19th
Bomb Group
through Charleville during WW2
Charleville -
RAAF Fuel Depot and Store Glenroy Siding,
Parish of Charleville, County of Orrery
Charleville -
USA - AC [Australian American Co-operation]
Project No 2 - building and services
Military Boxing Tournament on Memorial Day 25 May 1942
Upgrade of Defence Road between Charleville and Blackall
3rd Pursuit Squadron refuels at Charleville on its way to Java
Crash of a P-40 Kittyhawk at Charleville Airfield on 23 June 1942
Crash of a Boomerang at Charleville Airfield on 29 January 1944
Crash of a Mosquito A52-613 at Charleville on 14 October 1945
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