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Unit Title: Radar Station
Equipment Type: LW/GCI Mk II
Formation Order: AFCO B246/44
Disbandment Order: AFCO B485/45

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1944-07-22 Unit Formed at Richmond NSW
1944-10-10 Unit moved to bivouac
1944-10-28 LW/AW arrived on loan from Radar School
1944-10-30 LW/AW operational
1944-11-03 LW/AW dismantled and returned
1944-11-04 Technical personnel at 1RIMU(1)
1944-11-17 Radar operating
1944-11-21 Testing completed
1944-11-22 Radar packed and crated(2)
1944-11-27 Unit moved to Pitt Town NSW
1944-12-10 LW/GCI Mk II erected at Croydon(3)
1944-12-13 Testing complete - dismantled & packed
1944-12-14 Radar transported to Pitt Town
1944-12-17 Radar erected(4)
1945-01-09 Radar dismantled
1945-01-15 Unit moves to Castlereagh NSW
1945-02-19 Unit moves to Sandgate QLD
1945-05-02 Unit embarks on SS Simon Bamburger
1945-05-16 Unit disembarks at Morotai DEI
1945-05-29 Unit embarks on LST 1025 (5)
1945-06-10 Unit disembarks at Labuan BOR (6)
1945-06-11 Unit moves to operations site
1945-06-12 Radar operational
1945-06-15 Successful interception of Japanese aircraft (7)
1945-06-25 Radar dismantled and moved
1945-06-26 Radar operational on permanent site (8)
1945-11-26 Unit Disbanded
 

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