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military camp located in

Wacol Wacol is a suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , Wacol had a population of 3,761 people. Geography Wacol is bounded to the west by the Brisbane River and to the north loosely by Wolston Creek. It is south-west of t ...

, near

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, Australia. It was built during

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to accommodate American troops.''Wacol Remembered 1949–1987''
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Headquarters was stationed there and it was an Officer Candidate School from 1942 to 1945. After World War II, it was used by the Australian military and then served as a migrant reception and training center. The camp was then known as the "Wacol East Dependants Holding Camp for Displaced Persons". The old Wacol Army Barracks had been converted into the Wacol Military Museum.

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CAMP COLUMBIA AT WACOL IN BRISBANE DURING WW2

Closed installations of the United States Army Wacol, Queensland Queensland in World War II {{SouthEastQueensland-geo-stub

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