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Unit: 335RS |
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Unit Title: Radar Station |
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| 1943-08-17 | Unit Formed in Canberra ACT | |
| 1943-09-03 | Formed part of Honour Guard for Mrs Roosevelt | |
| 1943-09-05 | Formed part of Honour Guard for Mrs Roosevelt | |
| 1943-09-10 | Unit moves by train to Mascot NSW | |
| 1943-10-05 | Unit commences move to Port Moresby in 7 a/c | |
| 1943-10-06 | Personnel arrive at Port Moresby PNG(1) | |
| 1943-10-22 | Radar erected & tested - BL4 installed | |
| 1943-10-31 | Radar dismantled & packed | |
| 1943-12-01 | Unit leaves by air for Goodenough Is PNG(2) | |
| 1943-12-03 | Carried out practice in erecting radar | |
| 1943-12-09 | Unit embark on LSTs | |
| 1943-12-10 | Return to camp on Goodenough Is | |
| 1943-12-11 | Re-embark on LSTs | |
| 1943-12-12 | Sailed for Buna PNG | |
| 1943-12-13 | Arrived at Tare Beach, Finschhafen PNG | |
| 1943-12-14 | Unit disembarks | |
| 1943-12-15 | Unit loaded onto LCTs 88, 382 & 386(3) | |
| 1943-12-16 | Unit lands under fire at Pilelo Is | |
| 1943-12-17 | Radar moved to operating site | |
| 1943-12-18 | Commenced erecting radar | |
| 1943-12-19 | Radar operational | |
| 1943-12-20 | Mk III Interrogator operating(4) | |
| 1944-02-03 | AC1 Cottrill burned his face while filling stove | |
| 1944-02-07 | LAC A.H. Loomes wounded in leg by shrapnel | |
| 1944-07-21 | Unit ceased ops after Fighter Sector moves | |
| 1944-07-22 | Commenced telling to 109MFCU | |
| 1944-08-23 | Ceased operations | |
| 1944-08-25 | Radar dismantled & packed | |
| 1944-08-27 | All equip moved to beach | |
| 1944-10-31 | Unit embarks on RAAF vessel Ena | |
| 1944-11-09 | Personnel disembark at Milne Bay PNG | |
| 1944-11-13 | Equip unloaded | |
| 1944-11-24 | Radar erected & modified | |
| 1944-12-22 | Radar tested | |
| 1945-01-08 | Radar dismantled & packed | |
| 1945-04-17 | Advance party leave by air for Emirau Island | |
| 1945-04-18 | Camp site prepared | |
| 1945-04-27 | Erection of radar commenced | |
| 1945-05-11 | Radar operating under test | |
| 1945-05-15 | Last load of unit equip arrives | |
| 1945-05-16 | Unit fully operational | |
| 1945-05-17 | Operations reduced to standby | |
| 1945-10-01 | Unit packed for relocation | |
| 1945-10-07 | Unit embarks on SS River Glenelg | |
| 1945-10-07 | Unit sails for mainland | |
| 1945-10-11 | Unit arrives at Jacquinot Bay PNG | |
| 1945-10-14 | Unit departs Jacquinot Bay PNG | |
| 1945-10-19 | Unit arrives in Brisbane | |
| 1945-10-23 | Personnel arrive in Richmond | |
| 1945-10-30 | Equip arrives in Richmond NSW | |
| 1945-10-31 | Unit closed | |
| 1946-01-09 | Unit Disbanded | |