Photos Taken in Queensland | World War II Database

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Duke (left, partially hidden) and Duchess of York visiting Beaudesert, Queensland, Australia, 1927	Duke and Duchess of York at a Beaudesert campdraft, Queensland, Australia, 1927

Duke and Duchess of York in a motorcade while visiting Beaudesert, Queensland, Australia, 1927	Corporal Cliff Govier of USAAF 3rd Bomb Group at Charters Towers, Australia, early 1942; Govier was killed in action later in the war

Aerial gunners of 3rd Bomb Group, US 8th Bomb Squadron (Light) pose with an A-24 Banshee aircraft at Charters Towers, Australia, Jan-Mar 1942	Parade of military vehicles, Ann Street, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 3 Jul 1942; note Diamond T tank transporters and Matilda tanks

Prime Minister John Curtin's party entering Brisbane City Hall in Brisbane, Australia, 19 Aug 1942	Captain Ralph Chrstie congratulating Lieutenant Commander John Moore of USS S-44 on the sinking of Kako, Brisbane, Australia, 23 Aug 1942

Crew of USS S-44 around the deck gun, Brisbane, Australia, Aug-Sep 1942	Parade of military vehicles, Queen Street, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, circa 1943; note Diamond T tank transporters with Matilda tanks

Inspection of USS Growler’s damaged bow while nested alongside sub-tender USS Fulton at Capricorn Wharf, New Farm Submarine Base, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 17 Feb 1943.	USS Growler’s damaged bow after a collision, New Farm Submarine Base, Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, 17 Feb 1943. Note the Colonial Sugar Refinery dead ahead of Growler while her bow points toward Hawthorne across the river.

Bullet hole through USS Growler’s main hatch sustained 7 Feb 1943. Photo taken at the New Farm Submarine Base, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, mid-Feb 1943.	Bullet holes marked for repair on the fairwater of USS Growler while at the New Farm Submarine Base, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, mid-Feb 1943.

A B-18 bomber of the USAAF 27th Bomb Group based out of Eagle Farm Aerodrome, Brisbane, Australia in flight, Feb-Jun 1943	USS Growler’s bow with the damaged sections removed prior to a replacement bow being fitted into place at the South Brisbane Drydock, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Apr 1943. Note crumpled sections.

USS Growler’s replacement bow being lowered into place at the South Brisbane Drydock, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Apr 1943.	USS Growler departing Brisbane, Queensland, Australia with her freshly refitted replacement bow, 5 May 1943. Note deck gun forward of the conning tower when it had been aft prior to this refit.

Lieutenant Colonel William Dyess, Lieutenant Commander Melvyn McCoy, General Douglas MacArthur, and Major Stephen Mellnik in Brisbane, Australia, 30 Jul 1943	Jim Helton, engineer of B-17 bomber 'Sally', posing with a rebuilt A6M3 Zero fighter, Eagle Farm Airport, Brisbane, Australia, 12 Aug 1943; 'Sally' in background