Please search through radar units & COs active from 1937 to 1947 below.
|
Unit: 166RS |
||
Unit Title: Radar Station |
||
| View unit archive | ||
| Click to view: | ||
| Significant Events | ||
| Significant Events: | ||
| 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 | |