Please search through radar units & COs active from 1937 to 1947 below.
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Unit: 155RS |
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Unit Title: Radar Station |
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| 1943-12-20 | Unit Formed at Richmond NSW | |
| 1944-04-23 | Radar equipment arrives from 1RIMU(1) | |
| 1944-04-28 | Unit moves to Ash Island NSW | |
| 1944-07-06 | Equip loaded onto rail trucks for relocation(3) | |
| 1944-07-07 | Rail trucks arrive at Rozelle - Moved to Glebe Is. | |
| 1944-07-09 | Radar equip leaves Ash Island(4) | |
| 1944-07-16 | Equip leaves Sydney on SS River Glenelg for Perth | |
| 1944-07-24 | Unit personnel leave Newcastle by train | |
| 1944-07-24 | SS River Glenelg arrives in Perth(5) | |
| 1944-07-28 | Road convoy leaves Perth for Potshot WA with radar | |
| 1944-07-29 | Personnel arrive in Perth | |
| 1944-08-02 | Personnel embark on MV Koolinda | |
| 1944-08-03 | MV Koolinda arrives at Geraldton | |
| 1944-08-04 | MV Koolinda arrives at Carnarvon | |
| 1944-08-05 | MV Koolinda arrives at Onslow(6) | |
| 1944-08-06 | Non technical equip convoy leaves Onslow | |
| 1944-08-06 | Radar convoy arrives at Vlaming Head | |
| 1944-08-07 | Non tech convoy arrives at Vlaming Head | |
| 1944-08-19 | Radar operating for tests(7) | |
| 1944-08-28 | Radar acts as Air Warning station | |
| 1944-10-03 | CO leaves by Tiger Moth for Broome(2) | |
| 1944-10-06 | CO dies during operation for appendicitis | |
| 1945-02-02 | Cyclone hits area - radar & camp destroyed(8) | |
| 1945-02-03 | Personnel move into lighthouse quarters | |
| 1945-03-04 | Unit aids 31RS to dismantle radar due cyclone | |
| 1945-03-08 | Unit aids reassembly of 31RS | |
| 1945-03-16 | Radar back on air | |
| 1945-07-06 | Radar vehicles move back to airstrip | |
| 1945-10-22 | Equipment arrives at Cannington WA | |
| 1945-10-29 | Radar set adjacent to camp site(9) | |
| 1945-11-14 | Unit Disbanded | |