WET CANTEEN, BLACKWOOD STREET,
TOWNSVILLE, QLD
DURING WW2

visits since 26 June 2004

2 September 1944

Soldiers lining up outside the Wet Canteen in Blackwood
Street, Townsville for their beer issue. 

The Australian Army Canteen Service (AACS) operated a Wet canteen in Blackwood Street, Townsville during WW2. The Wet Canteen was located between Flinders Street and Sturt Street. It was located near the Newmarket Hotel.

2 September 1944

Soldiers lining up outside the Wet Canteen in Blackwood
Street, Townsville for their beer issue. 

June 2004

The same location approximately 60 Years later.

June 2004

The same location approximately 60 Years later.

June 2004

The same location approximately 60 Years later.

Blackwood Street in 1906 with Newmarket Hotel on the corner opposite the Great Northern Hotel. I wonder
if the shed to the left of the Newmarket Hotel is the same building that the Wet Canteen was located in?

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

I'd like to thank Steve Richardson for his assistance with this home page.

Heaps of WW2 books available at Amazon.com

"Australia @ War"

This page first produced 26 June 2004

This page last updated 26 June 2004