![]() ![]() ![]() US General Douglas MacArthur, formally appointed Supreme Commander of Allied Forces in the South-West Pacific Area (SWPA) theatre on 18 April 1942, moved his General Headquarters (GHQ) SWPA from Melbourne to Brisbane on 20 July 1942, to prepare for a counter-offensive against the Japanese. īrisbane became an important supply base for the war in the Pacific after Japan entered World War II in December 1941. 1959-1960) were purpose-built infrastructure for the Australian Army's Northern Command Provost (military police) unit that occupied the site from 1951 to c. 1959-1960), and a Motorized Transport Cover ( c. The later Q-Store and Office building ( c. The facility was the only purpose-built World War II (WWII) interrogation centre for POWs in Australia. 1942-1943), and their related former exercise yard, located at 9 Lambert Street, Indooroopilly, Brisbane, are the last surviving purpose-built elements of the Combined Services Detailed Interrogation Centre, which was the headquarters of the Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) from late 1942 to mid-1945. 2.5 Landscape Features within heritage register boundary.2.2 Quartermaster's Store and Office (Q-Store, c. ![]()
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