WET CANTEEN, BLACKWOOD STREET,
TOWNSVILLE, QLD
DURING WW2
2 September 1944
Soldiers lining up outside the Wet
Canteen in Blackwood
Street, Townsville for their beer issue.
The Australian Army Canteen Service (AACS) operated a Wet canteen in Blackwood Street, Townsville during WW2. The Wet Canteen was located between Flinders Street and Sturt Street. It was located near the Newmarket Hotel.
2 September 1944
Soldiers lining up outside the Wet
Canteen in Blackwood
Street, Townsville for their beer issue.
June 2004
The same location approximately 60 Years later.
June 2004
The same location approximately 60 Years later.
June 2004
The same location approximately 60 Years later.
Blackwood Street in 1906 with
Newmarket Hotel on the corner opposite the Great Northern Hotel. I wonder
if the shed to the left of the Newmarket Hotel is the same building that the Wet
Canteen was located in?
NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF AUSTRALIA REFERENCE
Title Hirings Townsville Blackwood St. Show rooms | |||
Series number MP742/1 | Control symbol 259/56/484 | Contents date range 1942 - 1946 | |
Access status Not yet examined | Location Melbourne |
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