DEPOT SUPPLY SECTION
81ST AIR DEPOT GROUP
BRISBANE, QLD
DURING WW2
The Depot Supply Section of the 81st Air Depot Group had 23 large warehouses located around Brisbane during WW2. They were formed from the 4th Air Depot Group. Captain Attwood was the Commanding Officer of the Depot Supply Section.
In 1943, the Supply section comprised 121 soldiers and 912 civilians.
Depot Supply Office in the John
McGrath building on the corner
of Wickham Street and Constance Street. This building was later used
by the Headquarters group of 3 Stores Depot
RAAF in January 1945.
April 2002
Now a Mercedes-Benz dealership on the corner of Wickham Street and Constance Street
April 2002
A different view of the Depot
Supply Office with the Old Mill Building in the background
at 111 Constance Street. It was called the Old Mill Building Barracks
which was used by
the 5th Air Force Service Command during WW2.
Headquarters group of 3
Stores Depot RAAF moved into the John McGrath
building in Wickham Street, Fortitude Valley in January 1945.
Is that Exton's Building in the
background?
Supply Squadron Barracks in the Cossey Motors Building
Adamas Jorgensen told me that the
above building was on the corner of Bridge and
Ann Streets. Perhaps it was opposite Warehouse No. 7 on the other corner.
There is now a Mercedes dealership on the corner of Bridge Street and Ann Street
The Depot Supply section had 22 warehouses:-
Main | Wickham & Constance Sts | Office of the Stores Administrative Officers |
No. 1 | Bridge St., Fortitude Valley | Fuel, paint, chemicals, photographic, commercial & aerial |
No. 2 | Water & Warry Sts | t' instruments, dry goods (clothes and silks for parachutes) |
No. 3 | Church St. Orderly Room | Carpenter shop |
No. 4 | Newstead | Parachutes to repair and stock |
No. 5 | Campbell St. | Special tools |
No. 6 | Wickham & Ann Sts. | Equipment for Signals |
No. 7 | Bridge & Ann Sts. | Fuel, paint, chemicals, photographic, commercial & aerial |
No. 8 | Commercial Road, Bulimba | Engines, office supplies, rubber, tubes and tyres |
No. 9 | Ballow St. | Commercial hardware |
No. 10 | ? | Miscellaneous goods |
No. 11 | Woolshed "M", Newstead | Receive shipments boats and planes (Intransit & Quartermaster) |
No. 12 | Woolshed "A", Newstead | Aircraft parts |
No. 14 | Kelvin Grove Rd. & Ithaca Sts | Aircraft parts, Fuel, paint, chemicals, photographic, commercial & aerial |
No. 15 | Breakfast Creek Rd. | Spares for overhaul plants |
No. 16 | Barry Parade | t' guns and parts for Ordnance |
No. 17 | Mach. House, Adelaide St. | Clete-tractor parts store |
No. 18 | ? | Store for local purchase |
No. 19 | O'Reilly's Building (Where is it?) | Chemical Warfare equipment |
No. 20 | Eagle Farm | Signals Corps equipment store |
No. 21 | Eagle Farm - Unit
"D" - Unit "F" - Unit "K" |
Electrical appliances |
No. 22 | Eagle Farm - Unit
"C" - Unit "G" |
Aircraft accessory store, including propellers |
No. 23 | ? | Local Issue, Air Ferry Receiving |
No. 24 | Eagle Farm - Unit "L" | Inspection |
Either No. 11 Warehouse, Woolshed
"M", Newstead or
No. 12 Warehouse, Woolshed "A", Newstead
on the corner of Macquarie Street and Beeston Street
Can anyone confirm which one it is?
Either No. 11 Warehouse, Woolshed
"M", Newstead or
No. 12 Warehouse, Woolshed "A", Newstead
on the corner of Macquarie Street and Beeston Street
Can anyone confirm which one it is?
Either No. 11 Warehouse, Woolshed
"M", Newstead or
No. 12 Warehouse, Woolshed "A", Newstead
on the corner of Macquarie Street and Beeston Street
Can anyone confirm which one it is?
Either No. 11 Warehouse, Woolshed
"M", Newstead or
No. 12 Warehouse, Woolshed "A", Newstead
on the corner of Macquarie Street and Beeston Street
Can anyone confirm which one it is?
The above Warehouse is directly opposite the US Navy Submarine Base at Capricorn Wharf, New Farm.
Another warehouse
Can anyone confirm which one it is?
Another warehouse (possibly No. 6 Warehouse)
Adamas Jorgensen told me that this
building was near the Brisbane City Council Bus
Depot which was originally located between Ann Street and Wickham Street
Lifting a large container
Some radio gear?
In one of the warehouses
Looks like a radial engine being lifted
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I'd like to thank Bob Livingstone and Adamas Jorgensen for their assistance with this home page.
REFERENCE BOOKS
"The 81st A.D.G."
Can anyone help me with more information?
"Australia @ War" WWII Research Products
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This page first produced 24 March 2002
This page last updated 16 October 2023