General index

General Index

KEY WORDS (Incl Synonyms & Antonyms)	Excluding Unit Names/ Ship Names etc.

AA	Australian Archives – (See NAA)
AAA	Anti Aircraft Artillery (US)
AAAD	Australian Advanced Armament Depot
AAC	Australian Armoured Corps
AACC	Australian Army Catering Corps
AACS	Australian Army Canteen Service
AADC	Australian Army Dental Corps
AAMC	Australian Army Medical Corps
AAMWS	Australian Army Medical Women’s Service
AANS	Australian Army Nursing Service
AAOC	Australian Army Ordnance Corps
AAOD	Australian Advanced Ordnance Depot
AARD	Australian Advanced Reinforcement Depot
AASC	Australian Army Service Corps
A/A	Anti-Aircraft
A/A S/L	Anti-Aircraft Search-Light
AB	Able Seaman
Abbott Street	Cairns
ABDA	American, British, Dutch, Australian (Command)
a/c	Aircraft
Accident
ACDRE	Air Commodore (Rank)
ACF	Australian Comforts Fund
ACH	Australian Camp Hospital
ACH	Area Command Headquarters
ACMF	Australian Commonwealth Military Forces
AC1	Aircraftsman 1st Class (Rank)
ACW	Aircraft Woman
AD	Air Depot
Adelaide Reef	Mined HMAS BUNGAREE
Adelaide Steamship Co.	Shipping Company
ADG	Air Depot Group (USAAF)
ADMR	Admiral - Navy
Adv	Advanced
AEME	Australian Electrical & Mechanical Engineers
Aerodrome
AGH	Australian General Hospital (Army)
Aground
AHS	Australian Hospital Ship
AIB	Australian Intelligence Bureau
AIF	Australian Imperial Forces
Airacobra	Fighter aircraft (P-39) (USAAF)
Air Chief Marshal	Rank (RAAF)
Air Commodore	Rank (RAAF)
Air crash	Aircraft mishap
Airfield
Air Raid shelter
Air Raid Warning
Airstrip
Air Training Corps	RAAF
Aitkenvale	Airstrip
AK	Auxiliary Ketch
ALC	Australian Landing Craft
Alexander Street	North Ward
Alfred St	Aitkenvale
Allied Intelligence Bureau
Allied Works Council
Alligator Creek	NQ
All Souls’ School	Charters Towers
Alpha	NQ
Amb	Ambulance
Ambulance Train
AMC	Armed Merchant Cruiser
AMCROSS	American Red Cross
American Mail Line	Shipping Company
American Presidents Line	Shipping Company
American Red Cross
AMF	Australian Military Forces
AMP Society Building	Townsville
AMS	Auxiliary Minesweeper
Amsterdam	Port of Registration
Ammunition
Amphibious	Training
Anderson Reef	Mined HMAS BUNGAREE
ANGAU	Australia New Guinea Administrative Unit
Anglo Saxon Petroleum	Shipping Company
Anti-Malaria
Antil Plains	Airstrip
ANZAC	Australia & New Zealand Army Corps
Anzac Park	Babinda
Anzac Park	Townsville
Anzac Squadron	Navy
AOB	Advanced Operational Base
Arafura Sea	Northern waters
Aramac	NQ
Archer Point	Lighthouse
Archer Point	War Signal Station
ARD	Aircraft Repair Depot
Armd	Armoured
Armed Merchant Cruiser
Armit St	Aitkenvale
Armstrong Paddock	US Army camp - Townsville
Army Transportation Corps	US
Arnold, Ralph	Person
ARP	Air Raid Protection
Arthur St	Aitkenvale
Arty	Artillery
A/S	Anti-Submarine
ASDIC	Allied Submarine Detection Investigation Committee
ASIS	Armament Stores Issuing Ship
A/S Det Ostasiatiske Kompagni	Shipping Company
A/S Moltzaus Tank Rederi	Shipping Company
ASR	Air Sea Rescue
ASS Co.	Adelaide Steamship Company
Assn	Association

ASWG	Australian Special Wireless Group
ATC	Air Training Corps
ATC	Army Transportation Corps – US Shipping
A/Tank	Anti-Tank
Atherton	NQ
Atherton Showgrounds
Atherton Tableland
Atherton War Cemetery
ATIS	Allied Translator & Interpreters Section
ATS	Army Transport Service (US)
Auckland	Registered ship - port
Aulco P/L	Shipping Company
AUSN	Australasian United Steam Navigation Co.
Aust	Australia
Australasian United Steam Navigation Co	Shipping Company
Australian Airlines
Australian Archives	National Archives of Australia
Australian Army Small Craft
Australian Army Units	Correct titles
Australian Army Units	Designations
Australian Army Water Transport
Australian Military Forces
Australian – Oriental Line	Shipping Company
Australian Shipping Control Board

Australian Steamships	Shipping Company
Australian Trade and Customs
AW	Air Warning (Radar)
Auxiliary Minesweeper	Warship
Avro Anson	Aircraft (A4) (RAAF)
AWA	Amalgamated Wireless of Australia
AWAS	Australian Women’s Army Service
AWC	Allied Works Council
AWLA	Australian Women’s Land Army
AWM	Australian War Memorial
AWTU	Australian Water Transport Unit
Ayr	NQ
Ayton	NQ - Emergency landing strip
A2	Supermarine aircraft (RAAF)
A3	Dragon Rapide DH-89 aircraft
A4	Avro Anson aircraft
A8	DAP Beaufighter fighter bomber (RAAF)
A9	DAP Beaufort bomber aircraft (RAAF)
A16	Lockheed Hudson light bomber (RAAF)
A17	Tiger Moth aircraft (DH82A) (RAAF)
A18	Short Sunderland Flying Boat aircraft (RAAF)
A20	CAC Wirraway fighter aircraft (RAAF)
A24	Catalina Flying Boat (PBY) (RAAF)
A26	Sunderland Flying Boat (RAAF)
A27	Vultee Vengeance aircraft (RAAF)
A28	Douglas Boston light bomber (RAAF)
A29	Curtiss Kittyhawk fighter aircraft (RAAF)
A30	Douglas DC-2 & DC-3 Transport (RAAF)
A34	De Havilland Dragon DH-84 aircraft (RAAF)
A46	CAC Boomerang fighter aircraft (RAAF)
A49	Dornier Flying Boat (Ex NEI) (RAAF)
A52	Mosquito DH-96 fighter aircraft (RAAF)
A58	Vickers Supermarine Spitfire fighter aircraft (RAAF)
A63	DC-3 Transport aircraft (RAAF)
A65	C-47 Transport aircraft (RAAF)
A68	CAC Mustang fighter aircraft (RAAF)
A70	Martin Mariner Flying Boat (RAAF)
A71	Norseman aircraft (RAAF)
A72	Consolidated B-24 Liberator bomber (RAAF)
A-20	Boston Havoc – Light attack bomber (USAAF)
A-24	Douglas Dauntless SBD Dive Bomber (USN)
A-24	Douglas Dauntless Banshee Dive Bomber (USAAF)

Bact	Bacterial
Balboa Transport Company	Shipping Company
Badge
Balls Lane	Townsville
Bamaga	NQ - Airfield
Bank Line	Shipping Company
Bank of NSW	Townsville
Banshee	USAAF Dive-bomber (A-24)
Barcaldine	NQ
Baronta	NQ
Barramundi Creek	Giru area
Barrier Reef	NQ
Base Section Two	USAFIA
Batavia	Ship Registered - Port
Battery	Artillery unit
Battle of Coral Sea
Battle of Java Sea
Battle of Kokoda
Battle of Midway
Bayview Guesthouse	Stanton Hill (Townsville)
Bch	Beach
BDE	Brigade
Bdr	Bombadier
BDV	Boom Defence Vessel
Beak House	Townsville
Bearing the same name
Beatrice St	Aitkenvale
Beaufighter	Fighter bomber aircraft (A8) (RAAF)
Beaufort	Bomber aircraft (A9) RAAF
Belfast	Registered ship - Port
Bell	Aircraft manufacturer
Bergen	Registered ship
Bergensen & Co	Shipping Company
BG	Bombardment Group
BHQ	Battalion Headquarters
Biǿrnstad & Co, Biǿrn	Shipping Company
BIPOD	Bulk Issue Petrol & Oil Depot
Biv	Bivouac
Blackall	NQ
Black Forest	Townsville area
Black Jack	Charters Towers
Black River	Townsville
Blamey, Sir Thomas	GOC AIF
Bloomfield River	NQ
“Blue Bell” Milk Bar	Bowen
Blue Line	Shipping Company
Blue Star Line	Shipping Company
Bn	Battalion
Bohle River	NQ - Airstrip
Bombardment Group	USAAF
Bomb dump
Bombing of Darwin
Bond, A J	Person
Booby Island	Lighthouse
Booby Island	War Signal Station
Boomerang	Fighter aircraft (A46) (RAAF)
Boston	Havoc Light Attack bomber A-20 (USAAF)
Boulia	NQ
Bowen	NQ
Bowen	Civil airfield
Bowl Reef	Mined HMAS BUNGAREE
Bowling Green Bay	Townsville area
Breddan	NQ - airstrip
Brereton, Lewis H	Person
Brett, George H	Person
Brevet
BRIG	Brigadier
Brisbane Line
Brisbane Tug & Steamship Co	Shipping Company
British
British New Guinea Trading Co	Shipping Company
British Phosphate Commissioners	Shipping Company
British Tanker Co	Shipping Company
Broadcasting Restrictions
Brookhill	Magazine
BS	Bomb Squadron
Bty	Battery
Buchanan’s Hotel	Townsville
Bucket Dredge
Bunker	Reinforced Concrete structure
Bunkers	Refuelling
Burdekin River	NQ
Burke Street	North Ward
Buried
Burketown	NQ
Burnett, Charles	Person
Burns Philp & Co	Shipping Company
B-17	Boeing Flying Fortress Heavy Bomber aircraft (USAAF)
B-18	Douglas Modified DC-3 Bomber aircraft (USAAF)
B-24	Consolidated Liberator heavy bomber aircraft (RAAF) & (USAAF)
B-25	North American Mitchell medium bomber (USAAF)
B-26	Martin Marauder Medium torpedo bomber aircraft (USAAF)

CA	Coastal Artillery
Cadre
Cairns	Airfield
Cairns	Port
Cairns Council
Cairns Harbour
Cairns Showgrounds
Cairns War Cemetery
Calcium	NQ
Calendor Park	Innisfail (51 Bn)
Calmar Steamship Corp	Shipping Company
Camooweal	NQ
Camp Armstrong	Townsville (USAFIA)
CAMT	Central Australian Motor Transport - Column
Cape Cleveland	Lighthouse
Cape Orford Ness	NQ
Cape River	NQ
Capricornia Regiment	42 Aust Inf Bn
Capricorn Channel	Inner Passage GBR
Carbeen	NQ - Ammunition storage
Cardinia Steamship Co	Shipping Company
Cardwell	NQ
Carrisbrook Station	NQ - Winton area
Castle Hill	Townsville
Catalina	Flying Boat (A24) (RAAF)
Catalina Base	NQ - Bowen
CAV	Cavalry
CB	Construction Battalion (USN)
CCC	Civil Constructional Corps
CCS	Casualty Clearing Station
Cdo	Commando
CDRE	Commodore
CE	Chief Engineer
Central Bureau	Intelligence
Central Hotel	Cairns
Central School	Cairns
Central School	Townsville
Cfn	Craftsman (Rank)
Chandlers Building	Townsville
Channel Reef	Mined HMAS BUNGAREE
CHAP	Chaplain
Chapman, I F	Person
Chapman St	Mysterton Estate - Townsville
Chart	Nautical map
Chartered
Charters Towers	Airfields
Charter Towers Civil Cemetery
Charters Towers Road	Townsville
Charters Towers War Cemetery
CHB	Cairns Harbour Board
Chemical Warfare
China Navigation Co	Shipping Company
Chios	Registered ship
Christian Brothers Boy’s School	Townsville
Christmas Island Phosphate Commission	Shipping Company
Church St	West End
Cia Anon Carola, Caracas	Shipping Company
Cid Harbour	Task Force anchorage
CINPAC	Commander in Chief, Pacific
Citizen Military Forces
Civil aviation
Civil Cemetery
Civil Defence Command Post
Civilian	Identity or Evacuation
Clack Islet	Mined HMAS BUNGAREE
Clagett, Henry	Person
Clan Line	Registered ship
Claudie	NQ - Airstrip
Clermont	NQ
Clevedon	NQ
Cleveland Bay	Townsville
Clifton Beach	NQ
Cloncurry	NQ - Airfield
Cloncurry Shire Hall	US
Cluden	Racecourse – Army camp
CMDR	Commander (Rank) (RAAF-Wing Commander)
CMF	Citizen Military Forces
CO	Commanding Officer
Coal
Coastal Convoys
Coastal Radio Service	Cooktown
Coastal Radio Service	Townsville (VIT)
Coastwatcher
Coastwise Line	Shipping Company
Coates, G	Person
Cockburn Reef	Mined HMAS BUNGAREE
Coconut Grove	Oonoonba
Coconut Products	Shipping Company
Cocoanut Island	Now known as Coconut Island
Code-name
Coen	NQ - Airfield
Coen	AOB (RAAF)
Collision	Shipping
Commander	Position
Commissioned	Naval ships
Commonwealth Copra Co	Shipping Company
Commonwealth Ship Chartering Committee
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Comp	Composite
Con	Convalescent
CONL	Colonel
Convoy	Un-numbered Shipping Convoy / M/T Convoy
Convoy “	Numbered Shipping Convoy
Cooks Passage	Mined – HMAS BUNGAREE
Cooktown	NQ - Airfield
Cooktown Civil Airfield
Cooktown Mission	Airstrip
Cooktown Wharf
Copenhagen	Registered Ship - Port
Corinda	Charters Towers - Airfield
Correct Titles	Australian Army Units
Corvette	Warship
Coy	Company
Cpl	Corporal
CPO	Chief Petty Officer
CPV	Channel Patrol Vessel
Crace, John	Person
crashed
CRD	Central Recovery Depot
CRE	Commander Royal Engineers
Crew Problems
CRU	Central Recovery Unit
Cruiser Passage	Mined HMAS BUNGAREE
CSR	Colonial Sugar Refining (Shipping)
CTF	Commander Task Force
Cunard Line	Shipping Company
Curtin, John Joseph	Person
Curtiss	Aircraft manufacturer
CW	Chemical Warfare
CWA	Country Women’s Association
Cyclone
Cypher
C-39	Douglas DC-2 Troop Carrier Transport aircraft (USAAF)
C-47	Douglas DC-3 Troop Carrier Transport aircraft (USAAF)

Dalgety’s Motors	Townsville
Dalrymple Rd	Garbutt
Darling Downs Regiment	25 Aust Inf Bn
Darwin Shuttle
Dauntless	USN Dive-bomber aircraft (A-24)
Dawson, Wilfred	Person
Daylight	Hours / Saving
DC-2	Douglas C-39 Transport aircraft (USAAF)
DC-3	Douglas C-47 Transport aircraft (USAAF)
Deadman’s Gully	Locality - near Trinity Beach)
Decn	Decomtamination
Decorations
Defence Road
De La Rama SS Co	Shipping Company
Demolition plans
DEMS	Defensively Equipped Merchant Ship
Denham St	Townsville
Dep	Depot
Department of Interior
Destroyer	Warship
Det	Detachment
Detention Centre
D/F	Direction Finding (Radar)
Dick Creek	Roseneath area
Died
Dingo Hill	Army camp
DIV or Div	Division
Dolphin Reef	Mined HMAS BUNGAREE
Dornier	Flying Boat (A49) (RAAF)
Douglas	Aircraft manufacturer
Douglas MacArthur	General (US)
Downie, Bruce	Person
Dragon Rapide	Aircraft (A3) (RAAF)
Duckworth Street	Garbutt
Dulverton SS Co Ltd	Shipping Company
Dutch	Registered Ship
Dutch East Indies	Nederlands East Indies
Dvr	Driver

Eastern and Australian SS Co	Shipping Company
EBSR	Engineer Boat & Shore Regiment (US)
Eddy, V C	Person
Edge Hill	NQ
Eel Reef	Mined HMAS BUNGAREE
Ellford Reef	Mined HMAS BUNGAREE
Ellerman Lines Ltd	Shipping Company
Emerald	NQ
Emirau Island	Survivors
Empire Flying Boats	A18
Empire Hotel	Townsville
End of Civil Rule	PNG
Engrs	Engineers
Ensign	Flag
Entrance Island	Torres Strait
ERA	Engine Room Artificer
Erling H Samuelsens Rederi	Shipping Company
Escape River	NQ
Escort	Convoys
Esplanade	Cairns
EST	Eastern Standard Time (Z+10)
ETA	Estimated Time of Arrival
ETD	Estimated Time of Departure
EV	Examination Vessel
Evacuee
Evans Deakin & Co	Ship Builders
Exercise
Explosion

Fadden, Arthur	Prime Minister
Fadden, Arthur	Ingham born
Fairway Buoy	Cairns Shipping channel
Fairway Channel	Mined HMAS BUNGAREE
Fall of Singapore
False Cape	Gun Emplacements
False Cape	War Signal Station
Fanning River	NQ - Airstrip
Far North Queensland Regiment	51 Aust Inf Bn
Fd Coy	Field Company (RAE)
Fd Pk Coy	Field Park Company (RAE)
Fd Regt	Field Regiment (RAA)
Fd Svy Coy	Field Survey Company (RAE)
Feather Reef	Mined HMAS BUNGAREE
Federal Steam Navigation Co	Shipping Company
Feldt, Eric	Person
Feltham Cone	Army camp
Field Trials Coy	Innisfail
Fig.	Figure
Fighter Sector	RAAF
Flagstaff Hill	See Pilot Hill (Townsville)
First Three-Mile Opening	Mined HMAS BUNGAREE
Fitzroy Island	Lighthouse
Fitzroy Island	War Signal Station
Flinders Passage	Mined HMAS BUNGAREE
Flinders Highway	Charters Towers
Flinders Shire Council
Flinders St	Townsville
Flora Reef	Mined – HMAS BUNGAREE
Flotilla	Ships
F/LT	Flight Lieutenant
Flying Fortress	USAAF Heavy Bomber (B-17)
Flying Squadron’ Sailing Clubhouse	Townsville
FNQ	Far North Queensland
FOFF	Flying Officer
Force-landed	Aircraft mishap
Forced-landing
Foreign Flag	Shipping
Forsund	Registered ship - Port
Fraser’s Paddock	Mt Louisa
Freighter	Merchant vessel
French Street	Pimlico
FRUdet	Fleet Radio Unit detachment (USN)
FS	Fighter Sector
F/Sgt	Flight Sergeant
FT	Foot or Feet (Imperial Measurement)
Fuel tanks	Edge Hill
Funnel	Shipping

Gaol Reserve	Townsville
G/CAPT	Group Captain
Garden Island	Dockyard - Sydney
Garbutt	Air Base
Garbutt	Airfield
Garing, A H	Person
Garrison Battalion
Gas & Coke building	Townsville
GBR	Great Barrier Reef
Gd	Guard
Gen	General
GEN	General (Rank)
Genoa	Registered ship - Port
Geranium Passage	Mined HMAS BUNGAREE
Gillies Highway	Cairns area
Gill St	Charters Towers
Giru	NQ - Airfield
GG	Governor General (King’s representative)
Channel Patrol	Naval
GHQ	General Headquarters
Glasgow	Registered ship - Port
GMT	Greenwich Mean Time (Z Time)
Gnr	Gunner (Artillery)
GOC	General Officer Commanding
Goode	See Goods
Goods Island	Signal Station – Torres Strait
Goods Island	Fortifications
Goods Island	Port War Signal Station
Goondi	NQ - or SS GOONDI
Gordon	NQ - Airstrip
Gordon Street	Charters Towers
Gordonvale	NQ
Gordonvale	US Paratroopers
Governor of Queensland
Grp	Group
GPV	General Purpose Vessel
Grafton Passage	Cairns area
Grammar School	Townsville
Grassy Hill	Lighthouse - Cooktown
Gravel	Airstrip - surface
Great Barrier Reef	NQ waters
Great North-East Channel	Torres Strait
Green Hill	Thursday Island
Green St	West End (Townsville)
Grn	Garrison
Grounded	Ship
Gt	Gross Tonnage (Shipping)
Guard Compound
Gulf	Gulf of Carpentaria
Gull Force	Army
Gulliver Street	Aitkenvale
Gunboat	USN

Hain SS Co	Shipping Company
Hague	Registered ship - Port
Halfdan Ditley -Simonsen & Co	Shipping Company
Hall-Thompson Reef	Mined HMAS BUNGAREE
Halvorsens	Boat builders
Hammond Island	Fixed gun defences
Hargraeve St	Thursday Island
Harrier Reef	Mined HMAS BUNGAREE
Hastings Reef	Mined HMAS BUNGAREE
Hastings St	Thursday Island
Hayles Magnetic	Shipping Company
Haughton Valley	NQ
H C Sleigh Coasters Pty Ltd	Shipping Company
HDML	Harbour Defence Motor Launch
HE	High Explosive
Heap Eng. Mob SS Co	Shipping Company
Heavy Cruiser	Warship
Hedrick, Will	Person
Helix Reef	Mined HMAS BUNGAREE
Herbert Hotel	Townsville
Herberton	NQ
Herveys Range	Townsville area
H/F D/F	High Frequency Direction Finding
Higgins Field	NQ - Airfield
Hinomaru	Japanese Flag
HMAS	His Majesty’s Australian Ship
HMAS ASSAULT	Newcastle area
HMAS SYDNEY	Sunk
HMNS	Her Majesty’s Nederlands Ship
HMNZN	His Majesty’s New Zealand Ship
HMS	His Majesty’s Ship
Home Hill	NQ
Hong Kong	Registered ship – Port
Hopemount Shipping Co	Shipping Company
Hopper Barge	Vessel
Horn Island	Torres Strait - Airfield
Horn Island	AOB
Horseshoe Bay	Magnetic Island (OP)
Hosp	Hospital
Hospital Ship
House flag	Shipping
House on the Hill	“Z” Special Unit
Howard Smith	Shipping Company
Howie Reef	Mined HMAS BUNGAREE
HQ	Headquarters
HRH	His Royal Highness
hrs	hours
Huddart Parker	Shipping Company
Hudson	Medium Bomber (A16) (RAAF)
Hughenden	NQ
Hy	Heavy
Hydrographic	Nautical survey
Hyg	Hygiene

IASD	Inter-Allied Service Department
Igloo	Arched Structure
Imperial Hotel	Longreach
Impressment
Ind	Independent
Inf	Infantry
Ingham	NQ
Ingham born	Eric Feldt
Inland Aircraft Fuel Depot	Charters Towers
Inland Aircraft Fuel Depot	Cloncurry
Innisfail	NQ - Experimental unit
Innisfail	Rail – M/T Interchange
Inner shipping route	Barrier Reef
Insignia
Intel	Intelligence
Inverleigh	NQ
Irene Reef	Mined HMAS BUNGAREE
Italian
Interned
Iron Range	NQ Airfield
Isisford	NQ

Jacky Jacky	NQ - Airfield
James Patrick & Co	Shipping Company
Japanese Air Raid
Jaywick	Operation Code name
Jericho	NQ
Jezzine Barracks	Army - Townsville
Jimmy’s Lookout	Townsville
JIN	Japanese Imperial Navy
John Burke Ltd	Shipping Company
John Oxley Library	State Library of Queensland
Johnson, Lyndon B	Person
Jones, Raymond	Person
Julago	NQ
Julia Creek	NQ
Julia Creek	RDF
Jundah	NQ

Kairi	NQ
Kana	Japanese Code
Kangaroo Squadron	USAAF
Kanimbla	Cairns suburb
Karumba	NQ - Gulf port
Kelso Field	NQ - Airfield
Kelso Reef	Mined – HMAS BUNGAREE
Kemp, J R	Person
Kennedy Regiment	31 Aust Inf Bn
Kenny, Maurice Joseph	Person
Ketch
Khaki
“Khyber Pass”	Nome area
Killed
King’s Crown	Tudor
Kissing Point	Townsville
Kissing Point	Fortress
Kissing Point	RDF
Kittyhawk	Fighter aircraft (P-40) (A29) (RAAF)
Knapp St	Townsville
Koala	Ordnance Depot - Wulguru (USAFIA)
KOFUKU MARU	KRAIT
Kokoda	Track or Trail
KNIL	Koninklijke Nederlandsch-Indische Leger – Dutch Military
KPM	Koninklijke Paketvaart Maatschappij - Dutch Shipping Company
Kuhnle, Halfdan	Shipping Company
KURANDA	Naval Establishment - Cairns
Kuranda Road	Now known as “Kuranda Range Road”

Lab	Laboratory
LAC	Leading Aircraftsman
LAD	Light Aid Detachment
Landing Craft	Watercraft - various
Lancashire Shipping Co	Shipping Company
Lark Force	Australian Army
Lark Passage	Mined HMAS BUNGAREE
Larvick	Registered ship - Port
Laura	NQ - Airstrip
LB-30	Consolidated Liberator XB-24 aircraft (USAAF)
LCDR	Lieutenant Commander
LCI	Landing Craft (Infantry)
LCM	Landing Craft (Mechanised)
L/COL	Lieutenant Colonel
LCpl	Lance Corporal (Rank)
LCT	Landing Craft (Tank)
LCV	Landing Craft (Vehicle)
LCVP	Landing Craft (Vehicle & Personnel)
Leary, Herbert	Person
Leichardt Hotel	Cloncurry
Leif Hǿegh & Co A/S	Shipping Company
LEUT	Lieutenant
Levers Pacific Plantations P/L	Shipping Company
L/GEN	Lieutenant General
LHQ	Land Headquarters
Liberator	Consolidated B-24 bomber (RAAF)
Liberty Ship	US
Light Cruiser	Warship
Lighter	Vessel
Light Horse
Lighthouse
Lightning	Fighter aircraft (P-38)
Lissner Park	Charters Towers
Little Mulgrave	NQ
Livanos Maritime Co Ltd	Shipping Company
Liverpool	Registered Ship - Port
Lloyds	World Shipping Register
Lloyd Triestino	Shipping Company
Location	Map Reference
Lockhart River	Mission
Logan & Albert Regiment	26 Aust Inf Bn
Logo
Long, R B M	Person
Longreach	NQ - Airstrip
LM/G	Light Machine Gun
Lockheed	Aircraft manufacturer
LofC	Lines of Communication
Log, The	Journal – Nautical Association of Australia
Logan & Albert Regiment	26 Aust Inf Bn
London	Registered ship - Port
Lorentzens Skibs A/S	Shipping Company
Lowry Passage	GBR opening
LSI	Landing Ship, Infantry
LSMN	Leading Seaman
LST	Landing Ship, Tank
Lt	Light
LT(1)	First Lieutenant
LT(2))	Second Lieutenant
Lucas, F A	Person
Lucinda Point	NQ
Lutheran Mission	Cape Bedford
Lyle SS Co	Shipping Company

MAC	Motor Ambulance Convoy
MacArthur, Douglas	Person
Mackay	NQ - Airfield
Mackay	Port
Mackay	R&R US Troops
Macrossan	NQ - Airfield
Magazine	Ammunition Storage
Magazine Hill	Townsville
Magenta	NQ - Airfield
MAGNETIC	Naval Establishment - Townsville
Magnetic Island	PWSS
Magnetic Passage	Mined HMAS BUNGAREE
MAJR	Major
Malaria	Tropical Ailment
Mandated Territory	Papua
Mango Avenue	Townsville
Manoora	Cairns Suburb
Manunda	Cairns suburb
Many Peaks Range	Townsville (OP)
Maori Reef	Mined HMAS BUNGAREE
Mapee	Army Camp
Map Ref	Map Reference
Marauder	Medium Bomber aircraft (B-26) (USAAF)
Mareeba	NQ Airfield
Mareeba	Aust Paratroopers
Marine Section	RAAF
Mariner	Flying Boat (A70) (RAAF)
Marsden Matting	Airstrip
McConaghie St	Atherton (51 Bn)
McCullock Reef	Mined HMAS BUNGAREE
McIlwraith, McEacharn	Shipping Company
McInlay	NQ
McIntyre & Associates
McLoughlins Crossing	Townsville area
MCU	Malaria Control Unit
Mech	Mechanical
Medals	Awards & Decorations
Melbourne Harbour Trust	Shipping Company
Melville Passage	Mined HMAS BUNGAREE
Menzies R G	Person
Merchantman	Merchant vessel
Merchant Navy
Met	Meteorology
MIMF	Mount Isa Maintenance Force
M/G	Machine Gun
M/GEN	Major General
Mil	Military
Miles	Imperial measure of length
Militia
Millaa Millaa	NQ
Millstream	NQ
Milman Hill	Gun emplacement (TI)
Minelayer
Mingela	NQ
Ministry War Transportation	British
Miowera	NQ - Army training camp
Mission	Nq - Airstrip
Mitchell	Medium Bomber (B-25)
Mk.XIV Mine	Australian
ML	Motor Launch
MM/G	Medium Machine Gun
MN	Merchant Navy
Mob	Mobile
Molasses
Moongobulla	NQ
Moore Reef	Mined HMAS BUNGAREE
Moreton Regiment	9 Aust Inf Bn
Morris St	Townsville
Morts Dock	Ship Builder & Repair
Mosquito Fleet	Sugar Lighters
Moss	Registered ship - Port
Mossman St	Charters Towers
Motor Coaster	Coastal MV
Motorship	MS / MV
Mount Bartle Frere
Mount Black	Townsville area
Mount Carmel College	Charters Towers
Mount Cook	Magnetic Island (OP)
Mount Fox	Air crash
Mount Isa	NQ
Mount Isa Underground Hospital
Mount Isa Mines
Mount Spec	NQ
Mount St John	NQ - Airstrip
Mount Stuart	NQ
Mountain View Hotel	Little Mulgrave – Cairns area
Mourilyan Harbour	NQ - Port
MRS	Medical Receiving Station
M/T	Motor Transport
Mt	Mount - Topography
Mt Fox	NQ
Mt Louisa	US camp
Mt Spec	Logging
Mt Stuart	NQ - Airstrip
MTB	Motor Torpedo Boat (USN)
Mundingburra	NQ
Muntalunga	Townsville area
Murdoch Point	Cooktown area
Murray, K L	Person
Mustang	CAC fighter aircraft A68 (RAAF)
Mustang	P-51 fighter aircraft (USAAF)
Mustard Gas	Chemical Warfare
Mutiny
Muttaburra	NQ
MV	Motor Vessel
Mysterton Estate	NQ - US Army Hospital

NAA	National Archives of Australia
Nackaroos
NAOU	Northern Australian Observer Unit
NAP	Naval Auxiliary Patrol
Nadic House	Ramsay St
Nathan St	Aitkenvale
National Anthem
National Bank	Townsville
Nautical Association of Australia
Nav	Navigation
Naval Auxiliary Patrol
Naval Construction Battalion	USN (SeaBees)
Nave, T E	Person
Navigation Light
NCO	Non-Commissioned Officer
”Nederland” Stoomvaart Maatschappij	Shipping Company
Nederl Indische Tankstoomboot. Maats	Shipping Company
NEA	North East Area
NEI	Nederlands East Indies
Negro
Nell	Japanese Heavy Bomber Aircraft
Nelson & Robertson	Shipping Company
Newcastle (UK)	Registered ship - Port
New Claudie	NQ - Airstrip
New Egypt & Levant SS	Shipping Company
New York	Registered ship - Port
New Zealand Navy
NG	New Guinea
NGFARD	New Guinea Force Advanced Reinforcement Depot
NIO	Naval Intelligence Officer
No.	Number
Nobel (Australasia)	Shipping Company
NOIC	Naval Officer in Charge
Noggin Passage	Mined HMAS BUNGAREE
Nome	Townsville area
Normanby Sound	Torres Strait
Norman Park	Cairns (now known as Munro Martin Park)
Norman Park	Gordonvale
Norman Reef	Mined HMAS BUNGAREE
Norman River	NQ - Terminal port
Norman St	Gordonvale (51 Bn)
Normanton	NQ - Gulf port
North Broken Passage	Mined HMAS BUNGAREE
North, Francis R	Person
North Coast Railway
Northwest Reef	Mined HMAS BUNGAREE
Northern Australia Observer Unit
Northern Command	Army
Northern Highway
Norseman	Aircraft (A71) (RAAF)
Not to be confused with
NQ	North Queensland
NT	Northern Territory
Nundy Creek	Townsville area
NV Holland Afrika Linj	Shipping Company
NV Nederlandsche Koloniale Tankvaart Maatschappij	Shipping Company
NV Nederlandsche-Amerikaasche Stoomvaart Maatschappij	Shipping Company
N V Petroleum Maats	Shipping Company
NV Rotterdamsche Lloyd	Shipping Company

O B Sorensen & Co	Shipping Company
OBU	Operational Base Unit
Ocean Escort	Dutch warship
Ocean Steamship Co	Shipping Company
ODOA	Oscillating Directional Optical Apparatus (Navigation)
Old Claudie	NQ - Airstrip
Olsen and Ugelstad	Shipping Company
Olsens Rederi, Jacob B A/S	Shipping Company
Olympic Theatre	Townsville
One-and-Half Mile Opening	Mined – HMAS BUNGAREE
OOB	Order of Battle
Oonoonba	Townsville area
OP	Observation Post
Operation “MO”
Operations and Signals Building	Garbutt (USAAF)
Operations and Signals Building	West End (RAAF)
Ops	Operations
ORD	Ordinary Seaman
Ordnance
OR’s	Other Ranks
Oslo	Registered ship - Port
Oxley Regiment	15 Aust Inf Bn

Pacific Atlantic	Shipping Company
Pacific Hotel	Cairns
Pacific Lighterage Group	Shipping Company
Pacific Ocean
Palmerston Highway	Innisfail
Palm Passage	Mined – HMAS BUNGAREE
Paluma	NQ
Michaelmas Reef	Mined HMAS BUNGAREE
Panama	Registered ship - Port
Panama Transport Co	Shipping Company
Papua	Mandated Territory
Papuan Reef	Mined HMAS BUNGAREE
PARACHUTE	Battalion / Packing
Para	Paratroop
Parramatta Park School	Cairns
Parramatta Park Showgrounds	Cairns Showgrounds
Partington Siding	Townsville area
Partredereit “Brovigtank	Shipping Company
Patrol Craft
Patrol Vessel
PBY	Catalina (Aircraft designation)
Pearl Harbour
Pearl Reef	Mined HMAS BUNGAREE
Peart Reef	Mined HMAS BUNGAREE
Pellowe Reef	Mined HMAS BUNGAREE
Pensacola Convoy	US
Petros M Nomikos Line	Shipping Company
Pipon Islet	Mined HMAS BUNGAREE
Pilkington St	Garbutt
Pilot Hill	Townsville
Pimlico State High School	Townsville
Piraeus	Registered ship - Port
Pixley, N S	Person
Pk	Park
Pl	Platoon
Platypus	Platypus Channel
Plymouth	Registered ship - Port
PM	Prime Minister
PMG	Post Master General (Department)
P Meyers Tankrederi - A/S	Shipping Company
PNG	Papua & New Guinea
Pnr	Pioneer
PO	Petty Officer
P/OFF	Pilot Officer
Pollard Channel	Mined HMAS BUNGAREE
Port Alma	NQ
Port Douglas	NQ
Port Douglas	Emergency landing strip
Porter, Selwyn H W C	Person
Port Stewart	Task Force Anchorage
P&O SN Co	Shipping Company
Position	Location Lat/Long
Postage stamp
Prince of Wales Island	Torres Strait
Princess Road	West End
PNG	Papua & New Guinea
Port Kennedy	Thursday Island port
Portland	Registered ship
PR	Public Relations
Praire	Dispersal airstrip
President	Roosevelt
Prime Minister	Curtin
Prime Minister	Churchill
Prime Minister	Fadden
Prime Minister	Menzies
Princess Charlotte Bay	Emergency landing strip
Prisoner
Pro	Provost
Proserpine	Army camp
PT	Patrol Torpedo – boat (USN)
Pte	Private
Pty Ltd	Proprietary Limited
Pudilliba	Army camp
Pursuit Group	USAAF
Pursuit Squadron
PWCC	Prisoner of War Compound
PWSS	Port War Signal Station
P-38	Lockheed Lightning fighter aircraft (USAAF)
P-39	Bell Airacobra fighter aircraft (USAAF)
P-40	Curtiss Kittyhawk/Warhawk fighter aircraft USAAF)
P-400	Bell Airacobra fighter P-39D aircraft (USAAF)

Qantas	Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services
QMR	Queensland Main Roads Commission
Quamby	RDF
Queensland Cameron Highlanders	61 Aust Inf Bn

Queen’s Gardens	Townsville
Queerah	NQ - Ammunition Storage
Quion Island Entrance	Mined HMAS BUNGAREE
QSS	Quadruple Screw Steamer

RAA	Royal Australian Artillery
RAAF	Royal Australian Air Force
RADAR	Radio Direction and Ranging
Radio 4TO	South Townsville
Radio 4QN	Cape Cleveland
RADM	Rear Admiral
RAE	Royal Australian Engineers
RAF	Royal Air Force
RAFA	Royal Australian Fleet Auxiliary (Ship)
Raider
Railway
Railway Estate	Army camp
Railway Estate	State School
Ralston St	West End
Ramsay St	Garbutt
RAN	Royal Australian Navy
RAN - Cairns	Royal Australian Navy – Cairns area
RAN Fuel Tanks	Edge Hill
RANR	Royal Australian Naval Reserve
RAN – Townsville	Royal Australian Navy – Townsville area
RANVR	Royal Australian Naval Volunteer Reserve
Rationing
Ravenshoe	NQ
RDF	Radio Direction Finding
Reconnaissance
Rederiakth Transatlantic, Gothenberg	Shipping Company
Red Island Point	Nq - Fixed gun defences
Red Point	Cooktown area
Reef Pilot
Regt	Regiment
Reid River	NQ - airstrip
Reigning Monarch	King George VI
Requisition
RFA	Royal Fleet Auxiliary
RHQ	Regimental Headquarters
Rib Reef	Mined – HMAS BUNGAREE
Richfield Oil Corp	Shipping Company
Richmond	NQ
Rifle Creek Siding	US Troops
Rising Sun Badge	Australian Army General Service Badge
RMS	Render Mine Safe
RNAF	Royal Nederlands Air Force
RNZAF	Royal New Zealand Air Force
Robinson’s Zoo	Townsville
Rock Pool	The Strand
Rocky Creek	NQ
Rollingstone	NQ
Roseneath	NQ
Rose Street	Townsville
Ross Creek	Naval berths
Rosslea	Hermit Park
Ross Lookout	Cairns area
Ross River	Nq - airstrip
Ross River Reservoir
Roundel	aircraft
Royal Australian Naval Reserve
Royal Australia Naval Volunteer Reserve
Royal Australian Navy
Royal Dutch Airlines
Royal Dutch Shell	Shipping Company
Royal Nederlands Air Force
Royal New Zealand Navy
Royal Fleet Auxiliary
Royle, Guy	Person
RSSAILA	Returned Sailors’ Soldiers’ Airmen’s Imperial League of Australia
RSU	Repair & Salvage Unit
RSU	Repair & Service Unit (01JAN45)
Ruby Reef	Mined HMAS BUNGAREE
Runway	Airfields

Sal	Salvage
Salvage Tugs
Samarai	Registered ship - Port
SAT	Sea Ambulance Transport
SAW	Signal Air Warning (US)
Saxon Reef	Mined HMAS BUNGAREE
SBLT	Sub Lieutenant
Scanlan, Martin B	Person
Sch	Schooner
School
Scottish Shire Line	Shipping Company
SCR	Signal Corps Radio (US)
SD	Stores Depot
SeaBees	Naval Construction Battalion (USN)
Seagull	Aircraft – Supermarine – (A2) (RAAF)
Seaplane Tender	USN
Searchlight
Sec	Section
Second AIF	2nd Australian Imperial Force
Seconded
Second Three-Mile Opening	Mined HMAS BUNGAREE
Sellheim	NQ
SEQ	South East Queensland
Service Group	USAAF
Sgt	Sergeant
Shaw, Savill & Albion	Shipping Company
Shaws Road	Townsville area
Shelly Beach	Townsville area
Shields/Lake Sts	Cairns (51 Bn)
Shirley’s Fertiliser	Townsville
Sidney Street	West End
Sig	Signalman
SIGINT	Signal Intelligence (US)
Sigs	Signals
Signal Air Warning	Radar (US Army)
Singapore	Registered ship - Port
Singapore Roads
SIO	Supervising Intelligence Officer
Six-inch guns
Skibs A/S “Aramis	Shipping Company
Skibs A/S Astrea	Shipping Company
Skibs - A/S Dieseltank	Shipping Company
Skibs - A/S Marie Bakke	Shipping Company
Skibs A/S Nanset	Shipping Company
Skibsaktiesel-skapet	Shipping Company
Skinner, J	Person
S/L	Search Light
S/LDR	Squadron Leader
Slipway
Sloop	Warship
SLQ	State Library Queensland
S/m	Submarine
SM/G	Sub Machine Gun
SMN	Stoomvaart Maatschappij ‘Nederland’
SO(I)	Staff Officer (Intelligence)
SOA	Special Operations Australia
Socony Vacuum Oil Co	Shipping Company
South Broken Passage	Mined HMAS BUNGAREE
Southampton	Registered ship - Port
South Townsville State School	South Townsville
South West Pacific Area
Spitfire	Fighter aircraft (A58) (RAAF)
Spr	Sapper - Engineers
SQLR	Squadron Leader
Sqn	Squadron
SR	Sister (AANS)
SRD	Special Reconnaissance Department
SS	Screw Steamer (NOT Steam Ship)
SS CAMBRIDGE
S/Sgt	Staff Sergeant
Stagpole St	West End
Stanley Regiment	49 Aust Inf Bn
Stanley siding	Townsville area
Stanley St	Townsville
Stanton Hill	Townsville
St Anne’s Girl’s School	Townsville
St Gabriel’s College	Charters Towers
St Ives	Registered ship - Port
Stkr	Stoker
St Monica’s Cathedral	Cairns
Stockade
Stock Route	NQ - Airstrip
Stokes St	Townsville
Stonehenge	NQ
Stoomvaart Maatschappij ‘Nederland’	Shipping Company
Stores Lighter	Vessel
St Patrick’s College	Townsville
Straits Steamship Company	Shipping Company
Stuart Creek	NQ
Stuart Range	NQ
Stuart State School	Townsville area
Strand	Townsville
Strip map
Sturt St	Townsville
Submarine
Suction Dredge
S Ugelstads Rederi A/S	Shipping Company
Sugar Lighter
Summers St	Thursday Island
Sunderland	Flying Boat (A26) (RAAF)
Sunk
Sup	Supply
Super Electra	Aircraft
Suva	Registered ship - Port
Svy	Survey
SWPA	South West Pacific Area
Sycamore Street	Pimlico
Sydney Memorial	Commonwealth War Graves

Tableland	Atherton Tableland
Tanker
Tanner, Walter Edward	Person
Tanner & Kenny Constructions
Task Force	Navy

Tel	Telegraphist
Telegraph
Tennant Creek	NQ
TEV	Turbo Electric Vessel
Theatre Royal	Charters Towers
The Last Slug	Charters Towers
Theodore, E G	Person
The Strand	Townsville
Thetford Reef	Mined HMAS BUNGAREE
Thursday Island	Port
Thursday Island	War Signal Station
TI	Thursday Island
Timber Logging
Time zones
Tinaroo	NQ
Tk	Tank
Tk/Atk	Tank-Attack (31MAR43)
T & K Construction
TMU	Torpedo Maintenance Unit
Tolga	NQ
Tonsberg	Registered ship
Toonpan	Army camp
Topography
Torres Strait	history
Torres Strait	location
Torres Strait Pilots
Torrens Creek	Airfield
Town Common	Townsville
Townsville	Port
Townsville	Garrison City
Townsville District Hospital
Townsville Harbour Board
Townsville Showgrounds
Townsville TAFE
Townsville War Cemetery
Townsville West	State School
Tpr	Trooper (Cavalry)
Tp	Troop
Tps	Troops
Tpt	Transport
Transhipment
Trg	Training
Trinity Bay
Trinity Inlet
Trinity Opening	Mined – HMAS BUNGAREE
Troop Carrier Group	USAAF
Troopship
Troop Transport
TrSS	Triple Screw Steamer
Trunk Reef	Mined – HMAS BUNGAREE
TSMV	Twin Screw Motor Vessel
TSMV *ROMOLO*
TSS	Twin Screw Steamer
Tudor Crown	King’s Crown
Tulagi	Registered ship
Tully	Army camp
Tumoulin	Army camp
Tvle	Townsville

UK	United Kingdom
UN	United Nations
Union Steamship Co	Shipping Company
Universal Shipping Co A/S	Shipping Company
Upper Ross	NQ - Airstrip
US	United States
USAAF	United States Army Air Force
USAFIA	United States Armed Forces In Australia
US Army
US Army Air Corps
USASC	US Army Small Craft
USASOS	United States Army Service of Supply
USAT	United States Army Transport
USMC	United States Maritime Commission
USN	United States Navy
USS	United States Ship

Vacuum Oil Co	Shipping Company
V/ADM	Vice Admiral (Rank)
VAD	Voluntary Aid Detachment
Vantassel Creek	NQ
VAOC	Volunteer Air Observer Corps
VCP	Volunteer Coastal Patrol
VDC	Volunteer Defence Corps
Ventura	Lockheed Ventura aircraft (A59) (RAAF)
Vice Admiral	Rank (Navy)
Vickers Paddock	North of Townsville
Victoria Park	South Townsville
VNSM	Vereenigde Nederlandsche Sheep Maat
Volunteer Air Observers Corps
Volunteer Coastal Patrol
Volunteer Defence Corps
VSIS	Victualling Stores Issuing Ship
Vultee Vengeance	Fighter aircraft (A27) (RAAF)

WAAAF	Women’s Australian Auxiliary Air Force
Walkers Ltd	Shipbuilders - Maryborough
Walker St	Townsville
Wallaby Point	USN Catalina Base (Palm Island)
War Cemetery	Atherton & Cairns & Charters Towers & Townsville
Warhawk	Fighter aircraft (P-40)
Warreah	NQ - Dispersal airstrip
Waterside Workers’ Federation
Water Tower	Gordonvale
Waterwitch Passage	Mined HMAS BUNGAREE
Watten	NQ
W/CDR	Wing Commander
Wednesday Island	War Signal Station – Torres Strait
Weir State School
Weir	NQ - Airstrip
Wellington St	Aitkenvale
Wenlock	NQ
WESC	Women’s Emergency Signalling Corps
West St	Aitkenvale
Westfal Larsen & Co A/S	Shipping Company
West Townsville School	Townsville
Wide Bay Regiment	47 Aust Inf Bn
Wilh Wilhelmsen	Shipping Company
Willemstad	Registered ship - Port
Williams & Co	Shipping Company
William Street	West End - Townsville
Willis Islet	Meteorological station
Wilm. Wilhemson	Shipping Company
Willmett Street	Townsville
Wilson, Sir Leslie Orme	Governor of Queensland
Wintergarden Theatre	Townsville
Winton	NQ
Wks	Works
Wksp	Workshop
WO	Warrant Officer
WO1	Warrant Officer (1st Class)
WO2	Warrant Officer (2nd Class)
Wondecla	NQ
Wongabel	NQ
Woothakata Shire
Wirraway	Fighter aircraft (A20) (RAAF)
Woodstock	NQ - Airfield
WRAN	Women’s Royal Australian Navy
WRANS	Women’s Royal Australian Naval Service
W R Carpenter & Co	Shipping Company
Wreck
Wright’s Creek School	Cairns area.
WSA	War Shipping Administration (US)
WSS	War Signal Station
W/T	Wireless Telegraphy
WU	Wireless Unit
WW1	World War One
WW2	World War Two

Yadjin	NQ
YORKEY’S BEACH	See Yorkey’s Knob (Cairns area)
Yungaburra	NQ

“Z”	“Z” Special Unit
Zero	Japanese Fighter Aircraft

4’7” Gun
5th Air Force	US