Talk:Bankstown Bunker/Archive 1

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[edit] Incorrect information in the lead para

The following claims from the introduction are not correct and I have removed them. "The facility was the command bunker for the war in the South Pacific, it was also the main base from where the Battle of the Coral Sea was directed. During WWII, the site was visited by General MacArthur for the study of aircraft movements during his time as the commander-in-Chief of the Allied Forces in the Pacific"

  • There was no command bunker for the war in the South Pacific, and none of the comparable HQs were located in Sydney. General MacArthur was commander of the South-West Pacific Area and had his HQ in first in Melbourne, then Brisbane and then New Guinea and finally the Philipines. The Australian Military's HQ was located in Melbourne with a forward HQ established alongside MacArthur's HQs. The South Pacific Area HQ was located in New Caledonia until this command was disbanded.
  • The bunker could not possibly have been used to direct the battle of the Coral Sea as it wasn't built when this battle was fought in May 1942. The Allied half of this battle was directed from USS Yorktown (Admiral Fletcher's flagship) and USAAF and RAAF facilities in north Queensland.
  • MacArthur was never the commander in chief of the Allied forces in the Pacific as there was no such position. He commanded the SWPA only and Admiral Nimitz commanded the Pacific Ocean Areas which was responsible for the remainder of the PTO. Moreover, as MacArthur aparently only visited on Sydney a single occassion in mid-1943 which was before the bunker opened he can't have possibly visited the site to "study ... aircraft movements" --Nick Dowling 08:10, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Shelter category?

This article does not belong in Category:Shelters. -- Alan Liefting talk 01:31, 16 October 2007 (UTC)

It is more than just a bunker its an air raid shelter as well, which I have noticed is also in that category. Cheers_Ad@m.J.W.C. 01:39, 16 October 2007 (UTC)
Category:Shelters is for types of shelters rather than a category of shelters themselves. -- Alan Liefting talk 01:46, 16 October 2007 (UTC)