PINE RIVERS SHIRE : HISTORY, MILITARY : LETTERS

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TitlePINE RIVERS SHIRE : HISTORY, MILITARY : LETTERSDescriptionRollo Petrie's remembrance of air strips, camps, voluntary defence corps, black-outs, squadrons, troops; Richard Winn - American troops, Bullocky hill, rationing; James Meehan - American camp, Australian troops, picture shows, air strips; Mrs P Hodgson - racecourse, sawmills, distillery, air force, air strps, parties for troops; Ken Gold - volunteer air observer corps, sighting of General MacArthur; Beryl Wight - dances, rationing, street names; Philip T Weisbach - American soldier with 1st Cavalry Division recalls life in the camp; Andrew W Miller - member of 1st Cavalry Division camped at Strathpine; Grady B Pyle - stationed at Strathpine during WW2 with 1st Cavalry Division; A L Jenkin - RAAF Wireless Unit camped at Strathpine; B J Lewis - AIF camped at Petrie north of the railway station; Bob O'Donnell - stationed at Strathpine RAAF crew; Desmond Page - soldier in 549 squadron camped at Strathpine, history of squadron; Keith Fletcher - RAAF camped at Strathpine, life in service; Lou Harris - RAAF wireless unit very secret operations; Allan Norton - RAAF Wireless unit camped at Strathpine briefly; Alan Marsland - camped at Strathpine part of Wireless unit; Earle P Heap - No 3 Wireless Unit camped at Strathpine; Lance G Howard - Wireless Unit camped at Strathpine, remembers Dakota POW plane landing at strip; N Simmons - military units in the area, camped at Strathpine/Petrie;ImprintStrathpine: Local Studies Department 1997LanguageEnglishRecord typeVertical fileNotesHeld in Local Studies Collection for reference only.

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Reference number29347273

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Storage locationStrathpine Library Local Studies Room - Filing Cabinets

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Access restrictionsRestrictions varyRestrictions on useCopyright appliesConditions of useHeld in the Local Studies Room for reference only. See staff for access.

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Library of Congress (keywords)MILITARY BASES, AUSTRALIAN, PINE RIVERS SHIREMILITARY HISTORY - 20TH CENTURYPINE RIVERS SHIRE - HISTORY, MILITARYWorld War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narrativesWORLD WAR, 1939-1945 - PINE RIVERS SHIRE

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PINE RIVERS SHIRE : HISTORY, MILITARY : LETTERS