Thomas's son George Alexander Grenier and his wife Sarah Greenwood lived on the middle farm where they had been since 1863.

Tom and his wife Mary Ann lived in the homestead called Willows which fronted onto Mortimer Road.

In 1927, Captain Lester Brain, chief flying instructor for Qantas Airways, landed his de Havilland Giant Moth (DH-61) on Franklin's Farm which was located at the western side of the present aerodrome.

[8] Plaques commemorating the RAAF, USAAF and Royal Navy personnel who served in the Pacific theatre can be viewed in the old administration building.

[9][10][11] With the Japanese conquests in the Philippines and much of the Southwest Pacific in 1941 and 1942, Brisbane became both the headquarters of the USAAF Fifth Air Force, as well as a major logistics and maintenance centre.

The Air Technical Service Command[clarification needed] 44th Depot Repair Squadron's mission was to uncrate and prepare these aircraft for combat units assigned to Australia.

Aircraft processed through the depot consisted of P-38 Lightning, P-39 Airacobra, P-40 Warhawk, P-47 Thunderbolt, P-70 Havoc, B-25 Mitchell, B-26 Marauder, B-18 Bolo, and B-24 Liberators.

[13] In addition to the maintenance and logistics, during 1942 the flight echelons of USAAF groups and squadrons assigned to Australia received their aircraft at Brisbane.

[15] After World War II, Ansett ANA and Trans Australia Airlines moved their operations to Eagle Farm Airport.

219 Squadron of the Australian Air Force Cadets[16] and still in their original hangar, the Royal Queensland Aero Club.