Camp Columbia at Wacol in Brisbane during WW2

CAMP COLUMBIA
AT WACOL IN BRISBANE
DURING WW2

visits since 8 August 2000

Camp Columbia was the name of the American camp at Wacol in Brisbane. It was initially built by the U.S. Army, and was then taken over by the Australian Army, after the Second World War. The first unit stationed there was the 738th MP Battalion. The Officers Candidate School was there from 1942-1945. The Sixth US Army Headquarters was also stationed there.

Private Norbert Grant of C Company of the 738th MP Battalion and other members of the 738th became embroiled in the so called Battle of Brisbane which raged over 2 nights in the central business district of Brisbane in late November 1942.

Capt. E. H. Lowe, the first black graduate from OCS in the SWPA, pins insignia on 2nd Lt. James B. Morris, Des Moines, Iowa at OCS graduation exercise held at Camp Columbia, Brisbane, on 29 Jun 43. Signal Corps Photo: GHQ SWPA SC 43 7037 (T/4 Harold Hoffman)

Honour Stone at Homestead Park, Forest Lake
To commemorate the presence of US troops at Camp Columbia,
Camp Freeman and the Darra Ordnance Ammunition Depot

Former Wacol Army Base
Another Internet site by David Taylor

Can anyone help me with some more information on Camp Columbia?

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

I'd like to thank Noel Wallis and Bill Bentson of Brisbane for their kind assistance with information on Camp Columbia.