Military Units in Australia during WW2

MILITARY UNITS
IN AUSTRALIA DURING WWII

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

Canberra
Fairbairn

QUEENSLAND

Amberley	Aitkenvale	Alexandra Headland
Antil Plains	Archerfield	Atherton Tablelands
Beaudesert	Beenleigh	Black River
Bluewater Creek	Bohle River	Bowen
Breddan	Bribie Island	Brisbane
Brookhill	Bundaberg	Cairns
Calcium	Calvert	Caloundra
Canungra	Cape Pallarenda	Castle Hill
Cecil Plains	Charleville	Charters Towers
Clevedon	Cloncurry	Cluden
Colmslie	Cooktown	Coomera
Coominya	Dick Creek	Eagle Farm
Eagleby	Edmonton	Eudlo
Fraser Island	Gatton	Garbutt
Gladstone	Gold Coast	Higgins Field
Home Hill	Horn Island	Hughenden
Ingham	Innisfail	Iron Range
Jimboomba	Jimmy's Lookout	Julago
Jondaryan	Kalinga	Karumba
Kinduro	Kingaroy	Kissing Point
Landsborough	Leyburn	Lowood
Macrossan	Magnetic Island	Maleny
Many Peaks Range	Mareeba	Maroochydore
Maryborough	Moongobulla	Moreton Island
Mount Bohle	Mount Isa	Mount Louisa
Mount St. John	Mount Stuart	Mundingburra
Muntalunga	Nambour	Nelly Bay
Nome	Oakey	Oonnonba
Pallarenda	Paluma	Partington's Crossing
Petrie	Ravenshoe	Redcliffe
Reid River	Rockhampton	Rocklea
Rocky Springs	Rollingstone	Roseneath
Ross River	Rowes Bay	Smyth's Siding
Southport	Stanley	Strathpine
Stuart	Talmoi	The Strand
Tinana	Toogoolawah	Toonpan
Toorbul	Toowoomba	Torrens Creek
Torres Strait	Townsville	Wallangarra
Warwick	Woodstock	Wooloowin
Yandina

NEW SOUTH WALES

Armidale	Ash Island	Bankstown
Bathurst	Bolton Point	Camden
Casino	Castlereagh	Coffs Harbour
Cootamundra	Corowa	Cowra
Croydon	Deniliquin	Fingal Point
Goulburn	Gunnedah	Hay
Holsworthy	Jennings	Jervis Bay
Kogarah	Kyeemagh	Liverpool
Marrangarro	Mascot	Menangle
Mount Druitt	Moorebank	Narromine
Newcastle	Nowra	Parkes
Port Kembla	Port Stephens	Rathmines
Reidtown	Richmond	Schofields
Scheyville	Singleton	St. Georges Basin near Jervis Bay
Sydney	Tamworth	Tenterfield
Tocumwal	Tweed Heads	Uranquinty
Wagga Wagga	Wallgrove	Warwick Farm
Williamtown	Wollongong	Yanco

NORTHERN TERRITORY

Adelaide River	Alice Springs	Arnhem Land
Batchelor	Birdum	Coomalie Creek
Daly Waters	Darwin	Fenton
Gorrie	Gould	Gove
Groote Eylandt	Hughes	Katherine
Larrimah	Livingstone	Long
MacDonald	Manbulloo	Melville Bay
Melville Island	Pell Airfield	Pine Creek
Sattler	Strauss	Tindall
Winnellie

SOUTH AUSTRALIA

Adelaide	Gawler	Mallala
Mount Gambier	Oodnadatta	Parafield
Port Pirie

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TASMANIA

VICTORIA

Ascot Vale	Bairnsdale	Ballarat
Bendigo	Bonegilla	Brighton
Craigieburn	Cressy	Dandenong
Essendon	Geelong	Hamilton
Lake Boga	Laverton	Mangalore
Melbourne	Mildura	Mornington
Mount Macedon	Mount Martha	Nhill
Point Cook	Puckapunyal	Sale (East Sale & West Sale)
Seymour	Somers	Sunshine
Swan Hill	Werribee

WESTERN AUSTRALIA

Bellevue	Boulder	Chidlow
Corunna Downs	Crawley	Cunderdin
Darlington	Eucla	Exmouth Gulf
Fremantle	Garden Island	Geraldton
Greenmount	Guildford	Helena Vale
Hollywood	Karrakatta	Maida Vale
Maylands	Merredin	Midland
Mundaring	Nookanbah	North Dandalup
Onslow	Pearce	Perth
Potshot	Truscott

NORFOLK ISLAND

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