RAAF No.3 Recruiting Centre Unit

RAAF Recruiting Centre

No.3 RAAF Recruiting Centre commenced taking enlistments for the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) in Brisbane in September 1939. On 4 December 1939, it was formally taken onto the establishment of the RAAF and became No.3 RAAF Recruiting Centre Unit. Its headquarters was established in offices on Creek Street in Brisbane’s City Centre and it remained in the building for the duration.

Place information

Location

35-37 Creek Street

Brisbane, QLD 4000

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Place type

Training facility

History

No.3 RAAF Recruiting Centre was established in Brisbane during the first month of World War Two. The Centre leased office space in a building located in Creek Street in Brisbane’s CBD on 29 September 1939. By 6 November, the first 36 Brisbane recruits to join the RAAF in the Second World War had enlisted through the Centre. No.3 RAAF Recruiting Centre was formally recognised as a unit of the RAAF on 4 December 1939.

Having a small establishment, the Unit initially only warranted an administrator who acted as the Unit’s adjutant. This was Flying Officer C.G. Williams. Pilot Officer P.J.B. Dawkins...

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