55TH ORDNANCE AMMUNITION COMPANY, US ARMY
IN AUSTRALIA DURING WW2

The 55th Ordnance Ammunition Company was located in the Townsville area. Some of their activities included:-

• furnishing a detachment of thirty men for Port Moresby,

• handling ammunition at the Townsville wharves and

• operating the Kangaroo Trans-shipment Depot or Kangaroo Ordnance Depot, at Kurukan on the road to Cairns just north of Townsville.

The 55th Ordnance Ammunition Company was reinforced by a small detachment of the 59th Ordnance Ammunition Company.

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This page first produced 2007

This page last updated 04 March 2020