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Camp Strathpine
Petrie, Joyner, Cashmere, Warner
Camp Strathpine was occupied by the US 1st Cavalry Division from mid 1943 to early 1944, and the camp was subsequently used by the 7th Division, 2nd Australian Imperial force (2nd AIF).The six main areas of the camp included Area 1 (HQ and support units) located in Joyner, bounded by One Mile Creek, Samsonvale Road, Forgan Road and Protheroe Road. Area 2 (support, mechanised and armoured units) was located in Cashmere and Warner, bounded by Samsonvale Road, Kremzow Road, the Old North Road and One Mile Creek. Area 3 (1st Cavalry Brigade) was located in Warner to the north and south of Kremzow road, bounded by Brisbane Road and Four Mile Creek on the west, and a tributary of Four Mile Creek on the east. Area 4 (2nd Cavalry Brigade) was located mostly between Kremzow Road and Warner Road West, between Area 3 and Wilson Road (no longer extant) to the east. Area 5 was the divisional artillery area, in Petrie. This was bounded by the North Coast Railway, Dayboro Road, Sidling Creek, and Lyons Road. Area 6 (pumping station and Civilian Constructional Corps camp) was located west of Young’s Crossing Road, on the south bank of the North Pine River. A large concrete tank remains there today.Most of the camp area has been developed for housing, but a few remnants still existed in 2009, most on private land. These include tent line mounds and a couple of concrete slabs in Area 1, east of Forgan Road, to north of Samsonvale Road; some concrete slabs in Area 2, located west of Ira Buckby Road and east of Kurrajong Drive; a deep trench latrine and concrete slabs in Area 3, south of Kremzow Road; a bread oven in Starling Street Park, Warner; and concrete slabs and a culvert in the northeast part of Area 4, either side of Kremzow Road.
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Camp Strathpine was built between December 1942 and July 1943 to accommodate the US 1st Cavalry Division, one of the four US Divisions (also including the 24th, 32nd and 41st Divisions) which trained in Queensland before being sent to New Guinea. The main body of the 1st Cavalry Division arrived in Brisbane on 26 July 1943 on the troopships USS George Washington and USS Monterey, an advanced echelon having arrived in late June on board the USS Maui. The 1st Cavalry, under Major General Innis P. Swift, was shipped as a Light Infantry division of 15,000 men equipped with vehicles...
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