Residences & Buildings Commandeered by the Military in Brisbane during WW2

5 Langshaw Street, New Farm now know as "The Embassy" Used as US Embassy during WW2
18 - 20 Adelaide St. RAAF Central Negative Library	21 Henry Street, Ascot Central Bureau	22 Roma St. Quartermaster Baggage Section
29 Ryans Road, St. Lucia Residence for General Blamey	44 Buckle St., Northgate US Radar Unit	45 Eldernell Tce, Hamilton Central Bureau Central Bureau
47 Alfred Street, Fortitude Valley Air Freight Receiving Depot, Base 3 Transportation Corps	54 - 58 Wickham Tce. American Red Cross Area Director's Office	60 Riverview Terrace Chemical Warfare School Annex.
76 Eagle St. Fifth Air Force Laboratory	107 Windermere Road, Hamilton Chemical Warfare School	115 Queen St. Allied Geographical Section
198 Grey St. Rail Passenger & Freight Bookings	275 Wickham Street, Fortitude Valley US Army Transportation and Radio Station	313 Adelaide St. American Red Cross HQ's
329 Adelaide St. Overseas Motion Picture Exchange	334 Queen St. Section 22, GHQ, SWPA (Intelligence Unit)	470 Queen St. Motor Pool
700 Ann Street Ships Service and Officers Clothing Store (U.S. Navy)	? Abbotsford Road Sub-motor Pool	? Fray St US Engineer's Local Issue Depot
AMP Building - General HQ, SWPA - HQ Allied Air Forces SWPA - HQ RAAF Command - 108 Fighter Sector HQ - HQ 5th Air Force - HQ 5th Air Force Support (Service) Command - Air Force Directorate of Intelligence	Ann St, & North Quay Military Police Garage	Ann Street Army Pay Office (close to concrete high wall above King George Square)
Ascot Chambers Building Headquarters, Com Seventh Fleet (U.S. Navy) Ships Store	Ballow St. USAF Warehouse No. 9	Barry Parade Hospital Laundry
Barry Parade Warehouse No. 16	Berwick Street, Fortitude Valley Headquarters for 56th Battery	"Beaufort Hill" 59 Wellington St., Clayfield used by Americans
Benedict Stone Building Light Street, Fortitude Valley	Blackheath Home, Oxley Anti-aircraft Training School, Air Defence	Blunder Road, Oxley, 105th Chemical Impregnation Co.
"Braelands" Residence for General George H. Brett	Breakfast Creek Rd. Warehouse No. 15	Brett's Wharf Port Office
Bridge St., US Air Force Warehouse No. 1	Bridge & Ann Sts USAF Warehouse No. 7	Brothels located in Brisbane during WW2
Brown Building HQ's Squadron, Fifth Air Force and Main Barracks and office of HQ's Commandant, 5th Air Force Service Command	? Church St. Finance Office	Campbell St., USAF Warehouse No. 5
Canberra Hotel U.S. Navy Officer's Mess and Billeting	"Cintra", 55 Boyd St., Bowen Hills Photo Lab for Army Pictorial Service	"Clinton", New Farm now 152 Dewar Terrace, Corinda Quarters for US Navy Officers
Cossey Motors building cnr of Bridge and Ann Streets Fortitude Valley Supply Squadron Barracks, 81st Air Depot Group	Commercial Bank Building Engineers Offices, US Army	Commercial Rd, Bulimba USAF Warehouse No. 8
Commonwealth Building, Adelaide St. RAAF HQ's	Constance St., Valley Signal Warehouse (Possibly old SEQEB Depot??)	Cnr Grey & Ernests Sts Base No. 3, Staff Car Motor Pool
Courier Building Army Post Office, APO 550	"Craigroyston"	Corner of Ann St & Commercial Rd. US Navy Officers Barracks
Denhams Storage Building Possibly No. 6 Warehouse, Depot Supply Section, 81st Air Depot Group	Desmond Chambers, Adelaide St. between Creek and Wharf St. Australian Army Canteen	Doctor Carver Club, 100 Grey St., opposite South Brisbane Railway Station U.S. Army Canteen for Negroes
Eagers, Newstead Ordnance Parts Depot	Edward-Dunlop Building 61st Machine Records Unit	Exton's Building Chemical Warfare Section, Fifth Air Force and the Ordnance and Signal sections of US 5th Air Force Service Command
Fire Station at Ascot Park 77 Kitchener Road, Ascot Used by Central Bureau	Forgan Smith Building, University of QLD, St. Lucia General Blamey's Land Headquarters, Allied Land Forces, SWPA	Grand Central Hotel U.S. Navy Officer's Mess and Billeting
"Grangehill" Gregory Terrace Spring Hill, Accommodation for 3 Stores Depot RAAF	Hadwen's Garage US Ordnance Repair Section	"Halcyon" 46 Hawthorne Rd., Hawthorne
Heindorff House, 171 Queen St., Allied Intelligence Bureau	Herschell St. & North Quay Quartermaster Sales, Division	"Jerdanefield", Ryans Road?, St. Lucia Residence of "Batman" and personal staff for General Blamey
John McGrath Building, Wickham Street Fortitude Valley 3 Stores Depot RAAF	John McGrath Building, Wickham Street Fortitude Valley Depot Supply Section, 81st Air Depot Group	Kelvin Grove Rd & Ithaca St. Warehouse No. 14
Kelvin House Hostel for military servicewomen near Brisbane City Hall	"Kensington" Boarding House next to 1FSHQ in Ann Street, city, used as WAAAF's barracks	"Kirkston", Rupert St., Windsor Used by Far Eastern Liaison Office (FELO)
Lennon's Hotel (Bataan), George St. Quarters for Gen. & Mrs MacArthur and his Senior Officers from GHQ	Loreto Girls School, Coorparoo Australian Army Convalescent Hospital	Luna Park (Cloudland Ballroom) Camp for the Americans
Luna Park HQ's Company, GHQ, SWPA	MacRobertson Building Training Film Center	Macquarie Street house, St Lucia General Blamey's initial residence
Margaret Marr Memorial Home for Boys, Tingal Road, Wynnum (Staff Barracks for No. 23 Radar Station RAAF)	"Miegunyah"	MacNish, Macrossan and Dowling Solicitors building (Where was this building?) Used by American Army Intelligence Corps
Magdalen Hospital, Wooloowin, Brisbane US Camp occupied by the 94th Coast Artillery Group	McIntosh Building Wickham St, Fortitude Valley US Air Force Fifth Air Force Service Command	McWhirters Building Theater Fiscal Office and Intelligence section of the US Fifth Air Force Service Command
Moorlands, in grounds of Wesley Hospital General Blamey's residence	Mt. Isa House, corner Adelaide St & Wharf St. Australian Army Canteen	Mt. Gravatt Showgrounds Ordnance Motor pool
"Neilson House" Rosebery Terrace, Chelmer ATIS Camp	"Netherway" Boarding House on corner of North Quay & Herschel St. used for WAAAF barracks	Neville Court Residence for Colonel Fry of 81st Air Depot Group
"Newman House" (Caboolture)	Newstead House Barracks for U.S. Army Photo Unit	New Zealand Chambers Building Phib. For. and Public Works Office Headquarters, Com Seventh Fleet (U.S. Navy)
New Zealand Insurance Co. Building US Navy Amphibious Forces HQ's	Old Courier Building Office of the Engineer and Medical Section, US Fifth Air Force Service Command	Old Mill Building 111 Constance Street, Fortitude Valley Old Mill Barracks, Orderly Room & HQ Squadron Barracks, Fifth Air Force Service Command
Old Mill Annex (Valley) Special Service May be same as Old Mill Building	Overland Building Legal Assistance Office, Fifth Air Force and Production Control Section of the US 5th Air Force Service Command	Primary Building cnr Creek & Adelaide Sts. US Army Post Exchange
"Palma Rosa" American Counter Intelligence Unit	Perry House	Perry House Section 22 (Intelligence Unit)
QATB Hut at Nudgee Beach Used by members of 56 Battery Searchlight	Ramsay Garage Motor Pool and Barracks, and the Transportation group of the Headquarters Squadron of the US 5th Air Force Service Command	Reid House RAAF Photographic Section
Rex Building MP Company Supply	Rich Building, cnr Wharf & Adelaide Sts Quarters for GHQ Enlisted men	Riverview, 2 Edward St Riverview Leave Area dormitories
? Roma Street War Department, Buld Publication Warehouse	Roma Street Police Station Control Centre for Police and Civil Defence Volunteers	Roman Catholic Church/School in Bage Street, Nundah Command Centre for the anti-aircraft installations in the area.
"Rhyndarra" Yeronga	Sharlands Depot HQ's Commandant, GHQ, Supply	Shingle Inn Restaurant Edward Street - very popular with military personnel in Brisbane
"Somerville House" US Base Section 3 Headquarters	St. Laurence's College HQ Brisbane Fortress Command	South Brisbane Municipal Chambers, Vulture St. also known as the South Brisbane Town Hall - Office of the Provost Marshall - Base Section No 3 South Brisbane, also US Army Chaplain's Office
South Brisbane Police Station US Military Police Station	South Brisbane Railway Station Rail Transport Office	St. Joseph's College, Nudgee Junior, Indooroopilly US Army Hospital
St. Laurence's College Headquarters for Brisbane Fortress Command	St. Mary's Marist Brothers' College, Ashgrove Australian Army	Stanley & Glenelg Sts. Quartermaster Clothing Shop No. 2
Story Bridge Hotel Accommodation for RAN Officers and ratings	T & G Building, Queen St., HQ's, US Army Forces in the Far East	T.C. Beirne Building US 3rd Medical Supply Depot
Terrica House, Corner of Creek and Adelaide Streets, Brisbane American Red Cross Service Club,	Theatre Royal, Elizabeth St. US Army Special Service Office	Thomas Brown & Co. Pty. Ltd. Building, Eagle St. Used by the US Army
"Tighnabruaich" (Witton Barracks - Indooroopilly)	Triton's Building, North Quay US Army Parcel Post Section	United Service Club previously "Montpelier" Accommodation for American Servicemen
U.S. Army Canteen, corner Adelaide St. & Creek St.	Ward Motors Cnr. Church St. & Wickham St. Fortitude Valley RAN Naval Stores Depots	Ward Motors Cnr. Church St. & Wickham St., Fortitude Valley HQ and HQ Squadron 81st Air Depot Group
Ward Motors Cnr. Church St. & Wickham St., Fortitude Valley Guard Detachment & Barracks 81st Air Depot Group	Warehouses of the 81st Air Depot Group (22 off)	Water & Warry Sts. USAF Warehouse No. 2
Waterloo Hotel and Annex Officers Mess and BOQ (U.S. Navy)	Wickham St., near Constance St. Valley Motor Pool	"Whytecliffe" Albion Heights - used as WAAAF barracks
Wickham & Ann Sts USAF Warehouse No. 6	Wills Building in Ann Street opposite St. John's Cathedral 8 Fighter Sector Headquarters on 3rd Floor	Wilson House Photographic Section & Historian, Fifth Air Force
Windsor State School US Navy Submarine Supply Depot	Woolshed "A", Newstead Warehouse No. 12	Woolshed "M", Newstead Warehouse No. 11
Woolworths Building, Queen St. US Army Exchange Service	Wright Building Dispensary, Fifth Air Force	"Wybenie" Gregory Terrace Spring Hill, Accommodation for 3 Stores Depot RAAF
"Yungaba", former Immigration Depot, now Yungaba Training & Conference Centre 120 Main Street, Kangaroo Point, near MacKenzie Street used as Military Hospital

I'd like to thank Bill Bentson with his assistance with a lot of the information on this home page.