MILITARY
ESTABLISHMENTS IN THE
TOWNSVILLE AREA
DURING WORLD WAR 2
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AIRFIELDS
| Aitkenvale
Weir near Weir State School |
Antil Plains |
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| 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 |
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Mount
Elliott? |
Mount St. John 16 Heavy Anti-aircraft Battery |
Pitt's Ridge |
| Queens Park Bunker (Townsville) |
Ramsay Street Bunker | |
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US
Anti-aircraft Battery & Radar Station |
3 Fighter Sector Headquarters, Stuart |
208th Anti Aircraft
Battalion battery (US Army) |
BUILDINGS, DEPOTS AND CAMPS
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1
Australian Engineer Store |
1 Wireless Unit
buildings |
104 Radar Station
(RDF) |
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US 2nd Field Hospital |
2/14 Australian
General Hospital |
No. 2 US Air Command |
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No. 3 Fighter Sector
Headquarters |
3 Fighter
Sector Headquarters Camp |
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No. 3 Medical
Receiving Station (3MRS) |
3 Shipping and Stores Unit
Store |
4th Air Depot Group |
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5th Fighter Command Replacement Centre (5FCRC), Headquarters V Fighter Command, 5th AAF, Townsville |
8 Stores
Depot, Detachment "A" |
12th Station Hospital, Base
Section Two |
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13 Australian
Army Personnel Staging Camp, Oonoonba (13 APSC) |
13 Stores Unit RAAF |
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19 Australian Army Personnel
Staging Camp, Julago (19 APSC) |
No. 20 Medical
Clearing Station |
24 Lines
of Communication Area Signals, Townsville |
| 24 Squadron RAAF HQ Green Street, West End |
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 |
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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 |
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American
Officer's Club |
American
Officer's Hotel |
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American Chemical Warfare Unit |
Ammunition
Dump (US Army) |
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Army Post Office APO922 |
Armstrong
Staging Area |
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Athols Inn |
Australian Officer's
Club |
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Base
Headquarters USAAF |
Base Headquarters Townsville, US Navy |
Base Supply Depot, US Navy, Townsville |
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Botanical
Gardens Camp |
Brookhill
Ammunition Magazine |
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Brothel established by Americans in a house at Stuart, Townsville |
Bulk Issue Petrol and Oil Depot (B.I.P.O.D.) Belgian Gardens, Townsville |
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Camp Cluden, Townsville |
Camp Cutheringa Park |
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Camp
Victoria Park |
Central Sick
Quarters (RAAF) |
Cluden 1
Australia Engineer Store, Cluden Townsville |
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Cluden Motor
Park |
Coconut
Grove Dance Hall |
Combined Defence
Headquarters |
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Corcoran
Park, Queens Road, Townsville |
Dance Hall
and American |
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Deeragun
Gasoline Dump |
"Duncragan", 8
Cleveland Terrace, |
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Flinders No. 1 Depot |
Garbutt
Stockade |
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Heatley's Hall (Dance Hall) |
Heathfield
Station Live Firing Range |
Helton Hall |
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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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Main Roads Commission Mt Louisa Camp, Townsville |
Main Roads Commission Church Street Camp, Townsville |
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Military Hospital |
Mundingburra
State School |
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Navy
Victualling Store |
Naval Hospital Townsville,
US Navy, Rose Bay |
Navy
Victualling Store Depot Townsville |
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Navy
Victualling Store Townsville |
North Eastern
Area Base Camp RAAF |
North Eastern Area |
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Number 1 Transmitting Station, Belgian Gardens, Townsville |
Ordnance
Shop and Depot, Townsville |
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"Pooladium" |
Queens Gardens Camp |
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Queens Park Camp for 6 Transportation and Movements Office RAAF |
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RAAF
High Frequency Direction Finding Station |
RAAF
Hospital |
RAAF Operations and
Signals Group |
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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 |
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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 |
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US Army 44th General
Hospital |
US Army 85th Station
Hospital |
US Army Base 2 |
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US Army Detention Centre |
US Army Kangaroo Ordnance Depot
for USASOS |
US Army Section Base
Two |
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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
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Jimmy's
Lookout |
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Rollingstone |
Rock
Pool area |
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| Townsville War Cemetery | US Cemetery - Townsville |
WWII Bunker Tour of Townsville
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This page first produced 11 June 2000
This page last updated 30 September 2025