AREA COMBINED HEADQUARTERS
(ACH) TOWNSVILLE
DURING WW2
| visits since 24 February 2002 |
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Combined Headquarters was established on 8 May 1941 in the Commonwealth
Building at 42 Sturt Street, Townsville. The building was originally
the D & W Murray Warehouse.
The Area Combined Headquarters (ACH) Operations Room was located on the top floor of the building. On the same floor was located the Mercantile Movements Section, the Combined Operational Intelligence Centre, RAAF Signals and a special separate room for Air Intelligence. The second floor was used by the RAAF and the ground floor was also used by the RAAF with one area partitioned off for the Naval Staff Offices, which included the Naval Officer in Charge (NOIC) Secretary and Writer, the Code Room and Naval Control Services, etc. Lt. Commander Eric Feldt, RAN the Supervising Intelligence Officer (SIO) for North East Area was located in this area. He was also acting NOIC in May 1941. Feldt was in charge of the Coastwatchers. Feldt's civilian assistant was Mr. K.L. "Paddy" Murray. Air Commodore F.A. Lukis was the senior RAAF Officer with Wing Commander W.C. Garing as his Senior Staff Officer. They were part of North East Area Headquarters. |
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to an underground location inside Castle Hill
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This page first produced 24 February 2002
This page last updated 26 March 2005
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