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| Townsville RAAF Recreation Centre (WW2) | |
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pictures and information is placed on this website with the kind
permission of the Australian War Memorial and must not to be reproduced in
any form. High Resolution copies may be obtained from the Australian War
Memorial website by quoting the ID number. To the Australian War Memorial website The other pictures on this page are placed with the kind permission of Peter Dunn from his website, Peter Dunn's "Australia @ War" web site at www.ozatwar.com |
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6th June
1944 - Three WAAAF
members on the steps of their Barracks in St Patrick's College, which
overlooks the new RAAF Recreation Centre on The Strand. From left,
Aircraftwoman (ACW) Mary Morgan of Toowong, Qld; ACW Josephine Mallen of
Millmerran, QLD; ACW Thelma Brown of Biloela, Qld. |
31st
Oct 1944 - Organised
and trained by Miss M. McCauley, a WAAAF choir rehearses for its first
public appearance at the 3rd RAAF/WAAAF Handicraft Exhibition held at
the RAAF Recreation Centre on The Strand on the 1st & 2nd Nov 1944. Miss
McCauley, formerly on the ABC staff, was assistant to Captain E. Curtis,
Salvation Army Welfare worker attached to WAAAF Units at Townsville. Photo ID NEA0628 |
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31st
Oct 1944 - Organised and
trained by Miss M. McCauley, a WAAAF choir in costume, and with the
necessary male voices on stage for this Russian item, rendered excerpts
from "Balalaika". The appearance was at the 3rd RAAF/WAAAF Handicraft
Exhibition held at the RAAF Recreation Centre on The Strand on the 1st &
2nd Nov 1944. Miss McCauley, formerly on the ABC staff, was assistant to
Captain E. Curtis, Salvation Army Welfare worker attached to WAAAF Units
at Townsville. |
RAAF Recreation Centre was situated on The Strand,
Townsville somewhere opposite St Patrick's College and comprised of a main
entertainment hall, a canteen hut, and a reading and writing hut |
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Another view of the RAAF Recreation Centre situated on The Strand,
Townsville somewhere opposite St Patrick's College and comprised of a main
entertainment hall, a canteen hut, and a reading and writing hut |
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updated 12/09/2007