RESIDENCES & BUILDING COMMANDEERED
BY THE MILITARY IN MELBOURNE DURING WW2
| 39
Ackland Street, South Yarra used by Services Reconnaissance Department (SRD) |
225
Domain Road, South Yarra Netherlands Forces Intelligence Service |
"Airlie",
corner of Punt Road and Domain Road HQ for Special Operations |
| "Banff", 145 Fitzroy Street, St Kilda | Capitol Building, Swanston Street, Melbourne, Allied Services Club - The "Dug-Out" | Century Building,
125-32 Swanston St. RAAF HQ Signals Unit |
| Coventry
St. building, "N" Block Combined Operational Intelligence Centre, Central War Room, & Area Combined HQ Melbourne |
"Frognall"
54 Mont Albert Road,
Canterbury, VIC Melbourne W/T Shadow Signal Station (Wireless Telegraphy) |
"Grosvenor" Queens Road Australian Army Cipher Production Unit |
| "Goodrest",
104
Toorak Road, South Yarra used by FELO |
Irving Road, Toorak RAAF HQ Signals Unit |
Ivanhoe
Grammar School Headquarters Home Forces |
| Kellow House, St.
Kilda Rd., South Yarra RAAF HQ Signals Unit Radio Receiving Station RAAF |
Kensington Town Hall underground "Command Bunker" |
"Leura" Possible WAAAF Barracks on corner Toorak and Orrong Roads, Toorak |
| Melbourne
Boy's High School RAN Establishment and possible tunnel to South Yarra Station |
"Meriden", 437
St. Kilda Road, Melbourne Hostel Meriden (Run by the Australian Comforts Fund and the Young Women's Christian Association YWCA for Servicewomen on leave) |
"Monterey"
Apartments Queens Road Analytical section of FRUMEL |
| MacRobertson
Girls High School Headquarters for the U.S. Army Forces in Australia |
"Orrong" 52 Clendon Road, Toorak |
Prince of Wales
Hotel, Fitzroy Street, St. Kilda used as barracks by the military |
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"Queen's
Mansion", 364 Beaconsfield Parade, St Kilda Hostel for Dutch & Netherlands East Indies Servicemen |
"Rathbaron" 75 Clendon Road, Toorak |
Royal
Melbourne Hospital used by the US 4th General Hospital |
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Trustees
Executive & Agency Co. Ltd building 401-403 Collins Street MacArthur's HQ |
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This page first produced 14 November 2000
This page last updated 22 February 2020
