DEERAGUN GASOLINE DUMP (US ARMY)
DEERAGUN, TOWNSVILLE, QLD
IN AUSTRALIA DURING WWII

The US Army established a large Gasoline Fuel Dump at Derragun past the Bohle River in Townsville during WWII. This was where the stored large quantities of Aviation Fuel in steel drums. The Woodlands Shopping Centre now covers the front part of the Deeragun Gasoline Dump. Nightjar railway siding was located nearby.

Arthur Tompkins worked for the Americans at the Deeragun Gasoline Dump at the Bohle during WWII. After the war Arthur became a Sales Representative for Hollis Hopkins. Arthur's daughter, Leisha Schell, told me that the American Camp was located at "the Bohle around the back of the shops, Coles. The petrol drums were keep there. My dad was 15, the Americans came to his mum (my grandma) and said 'hay can that little Aussie boy come and work for us'. My dad used to serve on them (food). I have my dad's plates."

Arthur Tompkins at left in 1944

Arthur Tompkins on his push bike in 1944

Arthur Tompkins in the American Camp area in 1944

Arthur Tompkins in 1944

Arthur Tompkins in the centre in 1944

Arthur Tompkins on his bike in 1944

Arthur Tompkins with an American Lieutenant on Herveys Range Road in 1944

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

I'd like to thank Leisha Schell for her assistance with this web page.

Can anyone help me with more information?

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This page first produced 16 March 2022

This page last updated 17 March 2022