Location
Lat 37° 32' 60S Long 143° 50' 60E 

US Marines Recouperation Area
The exhausted 1st Marine Division left Guadalcanal in December 1942, and were station in Melbourne to recoperate aftter the campaing in January 1943. The 11th Marines were station in Ballarat.

Ballarat Airfield
Wartime airfield used by USAAF in the early stages of the war

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Last Updated
October 1, 2009