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Royal Australian Navy in the Southwest Pacific WWII

Homes within the perimeter of Camp Columbia requisitioned by the Americans

Sultan of the Spice Island of Ternate at Camp Columbia

Pauleen Badke – a young woman’s wartime experience at Camp Columbia’s Officer Candidate School

Australia’s military commander Thomas Blainey moved his headquarters to Brisbane in 1942

The American-British-Dutch-Australian Command – 1942

Camp Columbia has new residents

Brisbane at war – other places to visit.

Australians in Netherlands East Indies first ever UN Peacekeepers

Stephen Simpson established the first military facility in the Wacol area.

Last remaining hut of the military barracks at Camp Columbia

Patricia Metcalfe – Typist, Wim van Wely – Dutch Motor Pool

Joan McConachy – secretary at the Dutch Army at Camp Columbia

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