Please search through radar units & COs active from 1937 to 1947 below.
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Unit: 322RS |
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Unit Title: Radar Station |
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| 1943-05-07 | Unit Formed at Mascot NSW | |
| 1943-07-03 | Unit travels by air to Townsville QLD | |
| 1943-07-06 | CO & Advance party leave Townsville by flying boat | |
| 1943-07-07 | Unit travels by air to Horn Island QLD(1) | |
| 1943-07-08 | Personnel & equipment flown to Tanah Merah DNG(2) | |
| 1943-07-16 | Last flight of equipment arrives | |
| 1943-07-23 | Radar operational | |
| 1943-08-28 | Unit commences 24 hour operations | |
| 1943-09-05 | Township bombed by 9 a/c, 41 bombs - no casualties | |
| 1943-09-23 | Cease operations to move to new radar site | |
| 1943-09-24 | Operational at new site at Tanah Merah DNG | |
| 1943-10-01 | Unit off air due to equipment failure | |
| 1943-10-18 | Fire in engine room - Ford generator damaged | |
| 1943-10-27 | Back on air after spare parts delivery | |
| 1943-11-06 | Severe earth tremor shook station | |
| 1943-12-03 | Earth tremor shook station | |
| 1944-01-23 | LAC W.R. Rodgers killed in tree felling accident | |
| 1944-04-06 | Cease operation for move | |
| 1944-04-08 | Operational at new site on 25 foot tower | |
| 1944-05-01 | BL4 serviceable | |
| 1944-05-16 | Off air due to lack of spares | |
| 1944-05-19 | Mk 1 tx arrives to replace Mk II(3) | |
| 1944-05-27 | Back on air with Mk II tx with spares | |
| 1944-08-07 | Mk I tx installed in place of Mk II | |
| 1945-01-28 | New radar site mapped out | |
| 1945-01-28 | Operations reduced to one watch | |
| 1945-02-12 | Move to new site delayed | |
| 1945-02-25 | Commenced new tower for radar | |
| 1945-03-08 | Moved radar to new tower | |
| 1945-05-31 | Ceased operation for relocation | |
| 1945-07-11 | Unit reformed at Pitt Town NSW | |
| 1945-12-16 | All equipment moved to ADHQ Sydney | |
| 1945-12-22 | Unit closed | |
| 1946-01-03 | Unit Disbanded | |
| 1947-03-01 | Unit unpacked & tested at Iwakuni JAP | |
| 1947-04-02 | Unit moved to Miho JAP | |
| 1947-05-02 | Radar operational | |
| 1948-04-01 | Unit to 24 hour operations | |
| 1948-06-30 | Unit disbanded | |