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Unit Title: Radar Station
Equipment Type: MAWD
Formation Order: AFCO 146/42
Disbandment Order: AFCO 205/42

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Notes:
  1. Unit departed Hayles Wharf on MV Miramar for Amity (Stradbroke Island). Here they used a local truck to cross the island. The truck was owned and operated by the owner of the Point Lookout Guesthouse. Personnel were billeted in the guesthouse.
  2. Radar equipment located near the lighthouse. No precise record of when the radar commenced operation.
  3. Rufus King was Liberty Ship on its way to Brisbane and it attempted to cross between Moreton and Stradroke Islands - a passge bloked by sandbars.
  4. Equipment handed over to 6th Reporting Platoon, 1st Signal Reporting Company, 565th SAW Bn
    2002 Location - 26d26m09sS 153d32m41sE

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