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Internment and Civil Alien Corps

InternmentIn the fearful months of 1 942, Australians of both German and Italian heritage were interned. 15% of Australia’s Italians were interned as “enemy aliens. ” But in Queensland, where the fear was greatest, the number was far higher! ‘Forty-three percent of the state’s resident male ‘enemy aliens were interned compared to only three percent

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The Volunteers Defence Corps

Volunteer. Defence Corps (VDC) was raised and maintained its early years by the Returned Sailors Soldiers and Airmens Imperial League of Australia (RSSAILA): Boer War and Gallipoli veteran General Sir Harry Chauvel was appointed Inspector General. The VDC comprised men from every part o Australia and every walk of civilian life-volunteers under or over the

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Queensland Schools Closed

The 1942 Japanese air raids on Townsville alarmed the whole eastern coast of Queensland. Schools:were closed down or a time, and for some it meant a very wonder 1 time e ran wild” say some. Thousands of students from many State Schools as well as exclusive private secondary school were moved to scattered dormitories and

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Bryan “Tex” Grantham – US Army, 32nd infantry division-“The Red Arrows.” Brisbane 1942-45

Bryan was in the US Army, 32nd infantry division-“The Red Arrows.” The departure of their fleet of 43 ships for New Guinea was headlined in the US newspapers – and then they set off from San Francisco with just one light carrier escort! There were 40,000 men-and they had three sleeping shifts to share the

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