MILITARY ESTABLISHMENTS IN THE
TOWNSVILLE AREA
DURING WORLD WAR 2
AIRFIELDS
Aitkenvale
Weir near Weir State School |
Antil Plains |
Black River |
Bohle River | Breddan |
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Fanning | Giru |
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Macrossan | Mount St. John |
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Reid River |
Ross River |
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Townsville Harbour Flying Boat Anchorage |
BUNKERS AND GUN EMPLACEMENTS
Bomb Shelter, "The Rocks" Guesthouse, 20 Cleveland Terrace | Castle Hill |
Combined
Operational Intelligence Centre |
Command Post on top of Castle Hill, Townsville | Fort Kissing Point | |
Magnetic Island Forts | Mount Louisa |
Mount Stuart Bunker |
Mount Elliott? |
Mount St. John 16 Heavy Anti-aircraft Battery |
Pitt's Ridge |
Queens
Park Bunker (Townsville) |
Ramsay Street Bunker | |
US Anti-aircraft
Battery & Radar Station |
3 Fighter Sector Headquarters, Stuart |
208th
Anti Aircraft Battalion battery (US Army) |
BUILDINGS, DEPOTS AND CAMPS
1 Australian
Engineer Store |
1
Wireless Unit buildings |
104
Radar Station (RDF) |
US
2nd Field Hospital |
2/14
Australian General Hospital |
No. 2
US Air Command |
No. 3
Fighter Sector Headquarters |
No.
3 Medical Receiving Station (3MRS) |
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3 Shipping and Stores Unit Store |
4th Air
Depot Group |
5th Fighter Command Replacement Centre (5FCRC), Headquarters V Fighter Command, 5th AAF, Townsville |
8 Stores Depot, Detachment "A" |
12th
Station Hospital, Base Section Two |
13
Australian Army Personnel Staging Camp, Oonoonba (13 APSC) |
13 Stores Unit RAAF |
19
Australian Army Personnel Staging Camp, Julago (19 APSC) |
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No.
20 Medical Clearing Station |
24
Lines of Communication Area Signals, Townsville |
24
Squadron RAAF HQ |
29 Air Stores Park, Garbutt, and Balls Lane | 42 Radio Direction Finding Wing (42 RDF Wing) Garbutt, Townsville |
44th General Hospital, US Army, Black River |
52
AWAS Barracks, Townsville (near 3 Company, 24 Lines of Communication Area Signals) |
66 AWAS Barracks, Townsville |
85th
Station Hospital, Base Section Two Majors Creek near Townsville |
116
Australian General Hospital Townsville, Charters Towers, and Gungarra 16 miles from Cairns |
Aeradio station VZTV, Garbutt airfield, Townsville | Aitkenvale
Warehouses and Cold Store (US Army, Townsville) |
Aitkenvale
Ordnance Depot (corner Anne St & Charles St., Townsville) |
Allied Works Council Workshop Oonoonba, Townsville | Allied Works Council Depot, Belgian Gardens |
American
Officer's Club |
American
Officer's Hotel |
American Chemical Warfare Unit |
Ammunition
Dump (US Army) |
Army Post
Office APO9ZZ |
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Armstrong
Staging Area |
Athols
Inn |
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Australian
Officer's Club |
Base
Headquarters USAAF |
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Base Headquarters Townsville, US Navy |
Base Supply Depot, US Navy, Townsville |
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Botanical Gardens Camp |
Brookhill
Ammunition Magazine |
Brothel established by Americans in a house at Stuart, Townsville |
Bulk Issue Petrol and Oil Depot (B.I.P.O.D.) Belgian Gardens, Townsville |
Camp Cluden, Townsville |
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Camp
Cutheringa Park |
Camp Victoria
Park |
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Central
Sick Quarters (RAAF) |
Cluden 1
Australia Engineer Store, Cluden Townsville |
Cluden Motor Park |
Coconut
Grove Dance Hall |
Combined
Defence Headquarters |
Corcoran Park,
Queens Road, Townsville |
Dance Hall and American |
Deeragun Gasoline Dump |
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"Duncragan", 8 Cleveland Terrace,
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Flinders No. 1
Depot |
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Garbutt
Stockade |
Heatley's Hall (Dance Hall) |
Heathfield Station
Live Firing Range |
Helton Hall |
Hotson Street
Fuel Tanks (4 off), |
HF/DF station - Number 7 Transmitter, Belgian Gardens, Townsville |
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Jezzine Barracks |
Koala
Ordnance Service Center, Stuart |
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Landsborough Street, |
Main Roads Commission Mt Louisa Camp, Townsville |
Main Roads Commission Church Street Camp, Townsville |
Military
Hospital |
Mundingburra
State School |
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Navy
Victualling Store |
Naval
Hospital Townsville, US Navy, Rose Bay |
Navy Victualling
Store Depot Townsville |
Navy
Victualling Store Townsville |
North East Area |
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Number 1 Transmitting Station, Belgian Gardens, Townsville |
Ordnance Shop and
Depot, Townsville |
"Pooladium" |
Queens Gardens
Camp |
Queens Park Camp for 6 Transportation and Movements Office RAAF |
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RAAF
High Frequency Direction Finding Station |
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RAAF Hospital |
RAAF Operations and Signals Group |
RAAF Post Office |
RAAF Radar Station No. 136 |
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RAN Station 24, Harbour Signal Station, Townsville |
Recreation Camp,
Alma Beach, Arcadia |
Remount
Depot |
Roseneath Army Camp |
Signals
Camp Area, Stuart |
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Townsville
Anti-aircraft Ordnance Training Center |
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Townsville Boom
Defence Depot |
Underground Signals Exchange (Australian Army), Antil Plains, near Townsville |
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US Army 9th Portable Hospital |
US
Army 12th Station Hospital |
US
Army 13th Station Hospital |
US Army 44th General Hospital |
US Army 85th Station Hospital |
US Army Base 2 |
US
Army Detention Centre |
US
Army Kangaroo Ordnance Depot for USASOS |
US Army Section Base Two |
US
Anti-aircraft gun workshop |
US Base Two Engineers
Supply Section |
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US Navy Base Headquarters Townsville |
US Radio Base |
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US Army
Ordnance Depot |
US Radio
Transmitter |
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WAAAF
Barracks |
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GENERAL AREAS
Jimmy's Lookout |
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Rollingstone |
Rock Pool
area |
The Strand |
Townsville War Cemetery | US Cemetery - Townsville |
WWII Bunker Tour of Townsville
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