- Wallgrove Army Base
"Wallgrove Army Base" was an
Australian Army camp and base at Wallgrove, (renamedEastern Creek ),New South Wales ,Australia .The camp was utilised as a staging and training area during
World War II .After World War II, the camp was utilised as an army wireless chain and as a migrant hostel.
Wallgrove Army Base was on the site of the now defunct amusement park called
Wonderland Sydney . The site has recently been redeveloped to build an industrial park.Eastern Creek Raceway , the M4 Motorway and theM7 Motorway have also been built on or near the site.Australian Army units based at the Wallgrove Army Base
*
21st Light Horse Regiment - 1940
*2/19th Battalion - July 1940
*3rd Infantry Battalion - December 1940
*9th Australian Division - February 1943
*53rd Anti-Aircraft (Composite) Regiment - August 1943
*2/25th Australian Infantry Battalion - April 1944
*2/31st Australian Infantry Battalion - April 1944
*6 Machine Gun Battalion Post-war, the
176 Air Dispatch Company was based there.References
* [http://www.pacificwrecks.com/provinces/australia_doonside.html Pacific War Wreck Database]
* [http://www.ozatwar.com/locations/wallgrovearmybase.htm OzatWar website]
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