Please search through radar units & COs active from 1937 to 1947 below.
|
Unit: 347RS |
||
Unit Title: Radar Station |
||
| View unit archive | ||
| Click to view: | ||
| Significant Events | ||
| Significant Events: | ||
| 1943-12-20 | Unit Formed at Richmond NSW | |
| 1944-02-04 | Equipment moved to Pyrmont Wharf | |
| 1944-02-07 | Unit leaves Sydney on USAT 'Etolin' | |
| 1944-02-13 | Unit arrives at Milne Bay PNG | |
| 1944-02-23 | Unit moves by air to Port Moresby PNG | |
| 1944-03-01 | Unit departs by air for Finschhafen PNG | |
| 1944-03-07 | Unit embarks on USS Etamin | |
| 1944-03-09 | Unit arrives at Seeadler Harbour ADM | |
| 1944-03-20 | Site selected at Mokerang Plantation ADM | |
| 1944-03-26 | Advance party land at Mokerang Plantation | |
| 1944-03-29 | Radar installation commenced(1) | |
| 1944-04-04 | Radar operational | |
| 1944-05-07 | Commenced moving radar further up the beach | |
| 1944-05-12 | Off air to move radar 500 yards to new site(2) | |
| 1944-06-21 | Jamming tests carried out by US a/c | |
| 1944-07-17 | B24 crashes on take off 100 yards from unit | |
| 1944-12-06 | Departed for Milne Bay PNG | |
| 1945-01-18 | Unit comes under command of ADHQ Madang | |
| 1945-03-16 | Off air for four days - quarterly maintenance | |
| 1945-04-04 | Fire in indicator rack - Radar off air | |
| 1945-04-07 | Equip exchanged with 346RS to get back on air | |
| 1945-04-15 | Back on air | |
| 1945-10-12 | Ceased operations for relocation | |
| 1945-10-18 | Unit departs on HMS Slinger for Sydney NSW | |
| 1945-10-25 | Unit arrives at Sydney NSW | |
| 1945-10-26 | Unit moves to Richmond NSW | |
| 1946-01-24 | Unit Disbanded | |