OLD COURIER BUILDING
240 Queen Street

 

Old Courier Building in about 1889

The Brisbane Courier moved into the building in 1887. After the Brisbane Courier merged with The Daily Mail on 28 August 1933, the Courier Mail was produced in the building until 1937. The building was bought by Finneys in 1946. The Old Courier building was then purchased by the Commonwealth Saving Bank from Finneys in 1953.

Now Commonwealth Bank 240 Queen St.
MacArthur Chambers seen at the right.
Photo taken from Edward Street.

During WWII, the Old Courier building was used to house the following military units:-

1942

- Headquarters Commandant Fifth Air Force
- Airways Communication Region, Fifth Air Force
- Office of the Engineer of Air Service Command
- Headquarters Commandant of Air Service Command
- Medical Section of Air Service Command
- Technical Inspection of Air Service Command
- HQ's 374th Troop Carrier Group of Air Service Command
- Inspector General's Office of Air Service Command
- Medical Section and Chaplain of the Allied Naval Forces, SWPA.
- Central Air Traffic Office, Base Section 3

 

1943

- Operations Division, Signal Office, GHQ, SWPA
- APO 500, Adjutant General's Office, GHQ, SWPA
- 2nd A.A.F. Photo Intelligence Detachment, HQ's Fifth Air Force
- Chaplain, HQ's Fifth Air Force
- Headquarters Commandant, HQ's Fifth Air Force
-Inspector General, HQ's Fifth Air Force
-Medical Section, HQ's Fifth Air Force
- Special Service, HQ's Fifth Air Force
- Staff Judge Advocate, HQ's Fifth Air Force
- 20th Statistical Control Unit, HQ's Fifth Air Force
- Surgeon's Office, HQ's Fifth Air Force
- Office of the Engineer, Fifth Air Force Service Command
- Medical Section, Fifth Air Force Service Command
- Central Interpretation Unit, Allied Air Force
- Directorate of Air Transport, Allied Air Force
- Airways Control Squadron, Allied Air Force
- Central Interpretation Unit, RAAF Command
- Publications, RAAF Command

Now look further up the left side of Edward Street to the site of the former Shingle Inn.

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