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United States Army Air Corps (USAAC), Base Section Two Headquarters
AML & F Building - Australian Mercantile Land and Finance Company
The first building in the Townsville area and probably Northern Queensland hired for the United States forces was the ground floor of the AML&F building on 9 January 1942. This became US Army Air Corps Headquarters and for a short time was the centre of all US Army activities.
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The AML&F building was completed in 1925 by local Architect C V Rees with construction by R C Schrock & Son Builders.
Owing to the rapid advance of the Japanese throughout the Islands of the West and Southwest Pacific in December 1941, it was obvious that Northern Australia would be the main operational area to halt this advance.
During November 1941, a convoy of troop transports sailed from the USA towards the Philippines, to reinforce the garrisons stationed there. During the voyage, the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour on 7 December necessitated the diverting of this convoy from its original destination.
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