Riot in 1942 between US soldiers on one side and Australian soldiers and civilians on the other
This article is about the riot. For other uses, see Battle of Brisbane (disambiguation).
Battle of Brisbane
Date
26–27 November 1942
Location
Brisbane, Australia
Methods
Rioting, protests, looting, attacks
Parties
United States Army
Australian Army Civilians
Casualties and losses
None killed
1 killed (Gunner Edward S. Webster)
Hundreds wounded on both sides
The Battle of Brisbane was a riot with United States military personnel on one side and Australian servicemen and civilians on the other, in Brisbane, Queensland's capital city, on 26 and 27 November 1942, during which time the two nations were allies. By the time the violence had been quelled, one Australian soldier was dead and hundreds of Australians and U.S. servicemen were injured.[1] News reports of the incident were suppressed overseas, and the reasons for the riot were not mentioned in the few Australian newspaper reports of the event.[citation needed]
^Peter Dunn, 2005, "The Battle Of Brisbane – 26 & 27 November 1942" Archived 10 January 2008 at the Wayback Machine (Australia @ War) Accessed 15 December 2006
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