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Wireless Telegraphy (W/T) Transmitting building

A reinforced concrete Wireless Telegraphy (W/T) Transmitting building was built east of the Lowood airfield, to the west of the intersection of Rifle Range Road and Forest Hill–Fernvale Road. This abandoned facility survives on private property.

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Location

Rifle Range Road

Lowood, QLD 4311

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Place type

Radar/signal station

History

RAAF Station Lowood was constructed in late 1941 for No. 12 Elementary Flying Training School (EFTS). It was used by two USAAF fighter squadrons in early 1942, before becoming a RAAF Operational base (OB) for dive bombers.

The RAAF took over Lowood again in September 1942, and by February 1943 Lowood was being developed as an Operational Base (OB), with Coominya No 2 as ancillary landing ground. By 23 May 1943 the MRC was still working on taxiways to the hideouts and by 30 May work had started on a new Wireless Telegraphy (W/T) Transmitting building. This facility, along with the...

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