Researched and Compiled by Peter Nielsen
“DIARY OF WWII
This document encompasses every aspect of Military presence in North
Queensland from 1939 to 1946, (Land, Sea & Air), in an area from Mackay
to
It records precisely, the movements of “who,
what,
when and
where” of RAN/MN/USN/AIF/Militia/RAAF/USAAF
/AWAS/AAMWS/WRAAF/VAD/AWLA/VDC/VAAOC/CCC/AWC units, troops, squadrons, ships etc.
which berthed/encamped/stationed/trained within North Queensland during
those war years – Who/What arrived
- from Where, and
When they departed - to
Where.
This includes locations of camp sites, airfields, training areas,
military hospitals; special training or research experimental
facilities, anti‑aircraft batteries; fortifications; gun emplacements;
airstrips; air crashes; RDF/Radar stations; HF/DF stations; buildings
that were requisitioned for Military use; those structures etc., that
were built for the military by the AWC/CCC; and any remnants that remain
today of any of the above. Also mentioned are memorials that have been
since dedicated to any of the above.
It further covers Commonwealth
War Graves in the NQ region
and circumstances of death,
(where known), of all Australian
Service men and women
interred in same.
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This document has been formatted to PDF, which has a “Search” function and to make this huge document more ‘user friendly’ a colour scheme has been introduced as follows: -
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| Australian Army: e.g. 2/1 Australian Infantry Battalion OR 2/1 Aust Inf Bn |
Green |
| Royal Australian Air Force: e.g. RAAF No.24 Squadron |
Blue |
| US Forces: e.g. USAAF 8th Fighter Squadron |
Yellow |
| Basic Ship data: when vessel is first mentioned |
Purple |
| Undesirable events: Enemy action, ship groundings or collisions, ship crew problems, aircraft mishaps, crashes, deaths etc, and all other accidents or mishaps |
Brown |
| Attention getter: for important events or happenings |
Pink |
| General information: |
Light Blue/Green |
| Shipping movements: | Shades of grey |
N.B. This is not a DVD, but a Data CD-ROM (2,000 page) Book in
PDF - (viewable only on a computer).
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$70.00 +
$5.00 p&p Available exclusively from the author: -
Peter Nielsen
WW2 Ph 07 4056 5400 Fax 07 4056 5499 E-mail: Peter Nielsen
URL:
www.northqueenslandatwar.com
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