CIVILIAN WAR EFFORT
IN AUSTRALIA DURING WW2

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Construction

Allied Works Council Civil Constructional Corps Queensland Main Roads Commission
MIM    

 

Production & Repair

A.N.A. Instrument Shop Australian National Airways Engine Overhaul Cairncross Dry Dock
Morningside, Brisbane
Coca Cola Factory Commonwealth Marine Engine Works
Evans Rd., Rocklea
De Haviland Propeller Shop
Elphinstones Echuca Ball Bearing Factory
Echuca, Victoria
Echuca Ordnance Factory
Echuca, Victoria
Ford Motor Factory Corio Bay
Geelong, VIC
Ford Motor Works Eagle Farm
Brisbane, QLD
GMH Allison Overhaul Assembly Plant
Government Aircraft Factory (GAF) GMH Allison Testing Area
Eagle Farm Airfield
Hudson's
King & Katts Motor Supply Company Paul and Gray
(Plexilglass)
Premier Blinds QANTAS Rocklea Munitions Factory
Rocklea, Queensland
Australian Women's Land Army     

 

Transport

Australian National Airlines Queensland Railways QANTAS
Townsville Harbour Board Fuel Rationing and other measures   

 

Welfare
(Clubs, Hostels, Huts, Restrooms)

Air Force Club
281 Elizabeth Street (near Creek St), Brisbane.
Open 10am to 10pm daily, including Sundays, Hot and Cold Showers, Good Billiard Tables, Impromptu Dances held first Saturday of every month.
Air Force House
3 Campbell Street, Bowen Hills, Brisbane
Air Force House
97 Goulburn Street, Sydney

Aircrew Club of Australia

Air Force Association (AFA)

Air Force Women's Auxiliary (AFWA)

A.I.F.Women's Association

Allied Services Club - The "Dug-out"
operated by Myer Department Store
American Centre
155 Elizabeth St, Sydney
Open 10am to 10pm daily.
American Postal Exchange (PX), Brisbane
corner of Creek St and Adelaide St.
American Red Cross
(ARC or Amcross)
American Red Cross Bernly Officers' Club
Springfield Avenue, Sydney
  American Red Cross Centre Coolangatta, Coolangatta Hotel, Coolangatta  Cheverells American Red Cross Officers' Leave Club
2 Elizabeth Bay Road, Sydney
 
American Red Cross Officer's Leave Club
128 Ramsgate Avenue, Bondi, Sydney
American Red Cross Nurses' Leave Club, 79 Macleay Street, Sydney American Red Cross Service Club No. 1
165 Phillip Street, Sydney
American Red Cross Service Club No. 2
351 Pitt Street, Sydney
American Red Cross Booker T. Washington Club
207 Albion Street, Sydney
American Red Cross Hostel
Corner Adelaide Street and Creek Street, Brisbane
American Red Cross Service Club
Centenary House, corner Exhibition Street and Little Collins Street, Melbourne
American Red Cross Service Club, Terrica House, Corner of Creek and Adelaide Streets, Brisbane. Anzac Buffet
Hyde Park, Sydney
Open 9:30am to 10pm daily.
A.R.C. Service Bureau
Barrack Street, Sydney
David Jones' Store
Open 24 hrs daily
Australian & Allied Soldiers Club
44 Macleay Street, Sydney
Australian Army Canteen Service (AACS)
Australian Comforts Fund Women's Officer's Club, Elizabeth Bay Road, Kings Cross Australian Comforts
Fund Rooms, Townsville
in Town Hall, near Post Office
Australian Comforts Fund
Australian Comfort Fund, Kinneil Officers Club, 15 Elizabeth Bay Road, Kings Cross Australian Comforts Fund, Melbourne Australian Defence Canteen Service Club
Railway Square, Sydney
Australian Legion of Ex-Servicemen and Women Australian Red Cross
(Austcross)
 Australian Red Cross
Townsville
Australian Women's Flying Club (AWFC) Australian Women's Legion (AWL) Australian Women’s National League (A.W.N.L)
Australian Women’s Polish War Victims Relief Committee British Women's Legion Camberwell Women's War Service Unit – formed in Camberwell VIC during WW2
Catholic United Services Auxiliary (CUSA) Catholic Welfare Organisation Catholic Women's Social Guild
Central Women’s Auxiliary of the Returned Soldiers and Sailors Imperial Association of Australia Cheer Up Society –  Formed in Sth Australia Church of England Help Society (CEHS)
C.E.N.E.F. Club
Kings Cross
This may be the Church of England National Emergency Fund?
For men of fighting forces and
women of auxiliary services.
Country Women's Association Service Women's Club
52 Bayswater Road, Darlinghurst, Sydney
Open daily.
Country Women’s Association South Australia (CWASA)
C.U.S.A. Hall
Harrington Street, Sydney (entrance in Gloucester Street)
Open 10am to 10pm.
C.U.S.A. Hut
St. Mary's Cathedral
Open 9am to 10pm daily,
except Sunday, 8am to 10pm.
Emergency Welfare Service
Everyman's Welfare Service Fighting Forces Comforts Fund (FFCF) Everyman's Hut
Stanley Street, Townsville
First Aid Nursing Yeomanry (FANY) - British organisation formed in WW1 and extended into WWII Forces Reading Room
108 Hunter Street, Sydney
Open 10am to 10pm daily.
Girl Guide Thrift Depot
H.M.A.S. Sydney Fund - established after the loss of HMAS Sydney WW2 Home Service Girls Hospitality Hut
Queen's Square, Sydney
Open 10am to 8pm daily.
Hostel Meriden, 437 St. Kilda Road, Melbourne
(Run by the Australian Comforts Fund and the Young Women's Christian Association YWCA for Servicewomen on leave)
Junior Red Cross  Kaloola Hut
501 Pitt Street, Sydney
(Opposite Central Station)
Open 10am to 10pm daily.
Limbless Soldiers Association Lord Mayor’s Comforts Fund Lord Mayor’s Fund
Lord Mayor’s Patriotic Fund Lord Mayor’s Patriotic and War Fund NSW – A Branch of the ACF Munition Workers Association
National Defence League
Canteen & Rest Room
173 Phillip Street, Sydney
(near King Street)
Open daily to 10pm.
National Emergency Service Fund - established in WWII Navy League
North American Service Club B14
American Red Cross
380 Flinders Street West, Townsville
Partially Blinded Soldier’s Association of Australia Patriotic Younger Set Auxiliary
Presbyterian and Methodist Hostel
Soldiers' Welfare Association, Turbot Street, Brisbane
Prisoner of War (POW) - Association Queensland Country Women's Association
(CWA) Townsville
Queensland Patriotic Fund Rats of Tobruk Association Red Shield Club Melbourne
(set up by the Australian Comforts Fund and conducted by the Salvation Army under direction of Brigadier Giles)
Red Shield House Melbourne
(set up by the Australian Comforts Fund and conducted by the Salvation Army under direction of Brigadier Giles)
Riviera
Sailors' and Soldiers' C. of E. Help Society
325 North Quay, Brisbane
Royal Australian Air Force Association (Air Force Association)
Royal Australian Air Force Locker Fund (RAAF Locker Fund) Royal Naval House
30 Grosvenor Street, Sydney
RSL War Service Fund
R.S.S.A.I.L.A.
Troop Welfare Committee (City Branch)
Basement Brisbane City Hall,
St. George's Square
(now King George Square).
Open Daily 9am to 11pm. Sundays 9am to 10pm.
Salvation Army Headquarters
Ann Street, Brisbane
Salvation Army, Townsville
Salvation Army's Red Shield House Sailors and Soldiers Church of England Help Society Scots Church Presbyterian Hut
Seamen's Institute
Macrossan Street, Petrie Bight
Open 10am to 11pm daily. Entertainment at night.
Servicemen's Hostel
320 Sussex Street, Sydney
Showgrounds Canteen
Soldiers Welfare Club South Australian Schools Patriotic Fund St. Andrew's Church of England Hostel
Cathedral Place, Sydney
St. Andrew's Cathedral Hut
George Street, Sydney
Open 8:30am to 10pm daily.
St. George's Hostel
Sailors' and Soldiers' Church of England Help Society
Wharf Street between Adelaide Street and Ann Street (M. and R. St. George's Club)
St. George's Service Club
Sailors' and Soldiers' C. of E. Help Society
Corner Creek Street and Ann Street, opposite St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church.
Open daily 9am to 10pm Sunday entertainments between 2pm and 8:30pm. Concert, community singing and games.
St. Michael's Rest Rooms
C.U.S.A., 288 Adelaide Street, near Creek Street.
Hot and Cold Showers, Ping Pong Tables.
Open daily 10am to 10pm.
St. Oswald's Hostel
North Quay, between Victoria Bridge and Grey Street Bridge, Bed and Breakfast
St.Paul's Cathedral Hut
The Brisbane Hostel
Queensland Temperance League
Creek Street, adjoining American Red Cross Club
"Time Off" Club
Elizabeth Street,
opposite Wintergarden Theatre.
R. and light refreshments.
TOC H
TOC H Services Club
Desmond Chambers, 303 Adelaide Street.
Hot and Cold Showers.
Open 9am to 11pm daily.
TOC H Services Club
12 Loftus Street, Sydney
(near Circular Quay)
Open 9am to 10pm daily.
Totally and Permanently Incapacitated Soldier's Association
Union Jack Club
Wickham Terrace (near Trades Hall), Brisbane
United Services Cafe United War Fund
US Army Canteen
Woolworth's Building, Queen Street, Brisbane
Open to American Services only
from 11am to 11pm daily
United States Army Canteen
Creek Street, Brisbane
Victoria League Hospitality Bureau
Voluntary Aid Detachments Women's All Services Canteen
Central Station, Sydney
Open 7am to 10:30pm daily.
Women's Auxiliary
Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force Association (WAAAFA) Women's All Services Canteens Women's Auxiliary Service Patriots (WASP)
Yass Women’s Voluntary Service - formed in Yass (NSW) during WWII Y.M.C.A. Hostel
YMCA Buildings, 288 Edward Street, Brisbane
Y.M.C.A. Rest Room
325 Pitt Street, Sydney
(near Bathurst Street)
Open 9am to 10pm daily.
YMCA, Townsville Y.W.C.A. Open House
185 Liverpool Street, Sydney
Open Saturday 1:30pm to 11:30pm.
Sunday, 1:30pm to 10:30pm
 

 

Civil Defence and other Military Work

1 Australian Discrimination Unit
manned Observation Centres for Radio Surveillance
Air Raid Precautions Air Raid Shelters
AMP Exchange Female Civilian Operators Australian Air League Australian Defence League (ADL)
Australian Women Munition Workers (AWMW) Australian Women's Land Army (AWLA) Australian Women's Flying Club (AWFC)
 Australian Women's Fire Auxiliary (AWFA) Australian Women's Service Corps (AWSC) "Bataan" Exchange Civilian Operators
Civil Defence Coastal Radio Service CSIRO Radiophysics Laboratory, Sydney University, develop Search Light Control Apparatus (Radar)
Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) Department of Aircraft Production (DAP) – Beaufort Division Enemy Raids Precautions Services (ERP) - Canberra
Naval Auxiliary Patrol (NAP) Navy League  New South Wales National Emergency Service (NSWNES)
formed in1940
Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve - British organisation formed in WW1 and extended into WWII Queensland Civil Defence South Australia Civil Defence
Tasmania Civil Defence Legion Victoria Air Raid Precautions Volunteer Air Observer Corps (VAOC)
Volunteer Coastal Patrol (VCP) Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC) Volunteer Emergency Psychological Service

Women's Australian National Service (WANS) - formed in June 1940

Women's Auxiliary Transport Service (WATS)

Women’s Emergency Corps (WEC)
Women's Air Training Corps (WATC) Women's Emergency Signalling Corps (WESC)

Women's National Emergency Legion (WNEL) - A Queensland organisation formed in 1939.

Women’s National Emergency Legion Air Wing - A Queensland organisation formed at Archerfield aerodrome in January 1939

Women's Voluntary National Register (WVNR) - formed in 1939.

Women’s Voluntary Service

 

Austerity Measures

Charcoal Burners National Paper Salvage Collection Rationing
Salvage Corps Water Restrictions  

 

Civilian Life

Blackouts Boxing Brothels located in Brisbane during WW2
Brothel in a house at Stuart, near Stuart Prison, Townsville Censors Dances, Bands, Concerts, Vaudeville and Entertainment
Hotels Picture Theatres Race Tracks
Shingle Inn Swimming Baths  

 

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