391ST ENGINEERS, US ARMY
IN AUSTRALIA DURING WW2

A Detachment of the 391st Engineers were located in the Engineer Depot at Cannon Hill in Brisbane, Queensland during WW2.

The October 1943 Military Telephone Directory for Brisbane describes this depot as follows:-

BASE SECTION THREE

ENGINEER OFFICE

SUPPLY SECTION

Engineer Depot (Cannon Hill)
    Detachment 391st Engineers:
        Capt. Little

Harry Melville Thompson Jr., of 230 Stone Lake Drive, Greenville, USA , aged 79 years, died on 17 June 2002, at the Greenville Memorial Medical Center. He graduated from Clemson University, Class of 1943, with a Mechanical Engineering Degree. Mr. Thompson served in the U.S. Army during World War II, and later became commanding officer of the 391st Engineers, retiring as a Lt. Colonel after 20 years. Was he the CO of the 391st Engineers here at Cannon Hill?

Can anyone help me with more information?

"Australia @ War" WWII Research Products

This page first produced 31 December 2003

This page last updated 19 January 2020