Australian Army Ordnance Corps Enlistment Centre

Former Lady Lamington Hospital

In late 1939, an Ordnance Enlistment Centre was established in a requisitioned building (former Lady Lammington Hospital) centrally located at 184 St. Paul’s Terrace, Spring Hill. It role was to process the enlistment of volunteers with recruits who had experience handling explosives (e.g. miners) being particularly sought.

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Location

184 St. Paul’s Terrace

Spring Hill, QLD 4001

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Place type

Headquarters

History

In 1939, Queensland was designated the First Military District. The Queensland-based Australian Army Ammunition Company was renamed the First Military District Depot Company of the Australian Army Ordnance Corps (AAOC). This depot company comprised a Workshop Section and a (general and ammunition) Stores Section. Lieutenant A.J. Pixley commanded the Workshop and Lieutenant H.N. Vidgen the Stores Sections. The unit (135 men) with its headquarters moved from the Gaythorne stores depot to the Enoggera Army Barracks in late 1939.

At the start of World War Two, Stores Section had the initial task of cleaning thousands of tent and marker pegs that had...

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