1 ENGINEER STORES BASE DEPOT
CLUDEN PLATOON
CLUDEN, TOWNSVILLE
IN AUSTRALIA DURING WWII

In February 1945, 1 Aust Base Stores Company RAE which was under the command of 1 CE (Wks), was reorganised and became 1 Engineer Stores Base Depot which then came under the direct command of Headquarters Land Forces with Platoons at Cluden, Edmonton, Albion and Dinmore.

I visited the site which was located on the northern
side of Racecourse Road at Cluden, in Townsville.
There were still a number of large slabs on the site.

Click on the above thumbnail
to view a large plan of this site

Another plan of the same location though this
time described as Engineers Dump Cluden

Debris remaining at the Depot site at Cluden

Debris remaining at the Depot site at Cluden

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

I'd like to thank Mel Dundas-Taylor for taking me to this site many years ago.

Can anyone help me with more information?

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This page first produced 1 October 2025

This page last updated 01 October 2025