ANTI-AIRCRAFT BATTERIES
LOCATED IN THE TOWNSVILLE AREA
DURING WW2
| Aitkenvale | Cape Cleveland (208th Anti Aircraft Battalion - US Army) |
Kissing Point |
| Locations on both sides of Wagner Street (was Fletcher Street) between O'Donnell Street and Leslie Street, Oonoonba | Mount St. John | Nelly Bay, Magnetic Island |
| Meatworks paddocks on the southern side of Oonoonba Road, Oonoonba | Our Ladys
Mount College Stanton Hill (US Army) |
Pallarenda
Searchlight Station (No 79 Anti Aircraft Searchlight Battery - AWAS) |
| Pilot Hill? (near Harbour) (US Army) | Ross
Battery 7 Heavy Battery (southern side of the mouth of Ross River) |
Signal Hill (Is this the same one as Pilot Hill?) |
| South
Townsville State School AA Guns (208th Anti Aircraft Battalion - US Army) |
Stony
Creek SL Station (No 79 Anti Aircraft Searchlight Battery - AWAS) |
The Strand (208th Anti Aircraft Battalion - US Army) |
| Three Mile Creek (where is this? Pallarenda perhaps?) |
Wills Street
Anti-aircraft Gun (Townsville - on a rock ledge opposite the intersection with Wills Street) |
114
Light Anti Aircraft Artillery Regiment, 165 Battery, 607 Troop on Breakwater near Townsville Harbour (perhaps they also had the Bofors at Strand Park?) |
Can anyone help me with more information?
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