Please search through radar units & COs active from 1937 to 1947 below.
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Unit: 27RS |
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Unit Title: Radar Station |
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| 1942-10-05 | Unit Formed at Townsville QLD | |
| 1942-11-07 | Unit departs by rail for Tully(1) | |
| 1942-11-09 | Operational at Dunk Island QLD(2) | |
| 1942-12-25 | Full communications with 9MFS | |
| 1943-01-18 | USS Phoenix & 2 destroyers anchor off island(7) | |
| 1943-01-20 | Sgt Hundsness USMC lost on manoeuvres(3) | |
| 1943-01-23 | USS Phoenix and destroyers departs | |
| 1943-01-24 | Body of Sgt Hundsness found by Cpl Hoschke | |
| 1943-01-26 | Body removed to Townsville for burial | |
| 1943-04-06 | Solenoid brake u/s - array turned by hand | |
| 1943-04-07 | Solenoid repaired and motorised array resumed(4) | |
| 1943-05-19 | Plots now sent to 3FS | |
| 1943-11-02 | LAC R.V. Gillett severely injured right hand(5) | |
| 1943-12-02 | LAC P. Cavanagh suffers 105 deg temperature | |
| 1943-12-03 | LAC P. Cavanagh evacuated to Tully hospital | |
| 1943-12-04 | LAC P. Cavanagh dies from Cerebral Malaria(6) | |
| 1944-11-07 | Trees around radar lopped(8) | |
| 1945-09-12 | Unit ceases operations | |
| 1945-10-13 | Radar equipment moved off the top of the hill | |
| 1945-10-30 | Last launch trip to Tully. | |
| 1945-12-19 | Unit Disbanded | |