Please search through radar units & COs active from 1937 to 1947 below.
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Unit: 349RS |
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Unit Title: Radar Station |
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| 1944-02-09 | Unit Formed at Richmond NSW | |
| 1944-03-27 | Unit moves to bivouac - 7 miles from Richmond | |
| 1944-03-29 | Radar erected & tested | |
| 1944-03-31 | Radar dismantled & packed | |
| 1944-04-01 | Unit returns from bivouac | |
| 1944-06-23 | Unit personnel leave Sydney by train | |
| 1944-06-24 | Unit arrives in Brisbane - Lodged at Yerongpilly | |
| 1944-06-26 | Equip arrives in Brisbane | |
| 1944-07-01 | Unit embarks on SS David S. Hewes | |
| 1944-07-12 | Unit arrives at Finschhafen PNG | |
| 1944-07-13 | Unit disembarks | |
| 1944-07-17 | Equip unloaded | |
| 1944-08-01 | Radar erected | |
| 1944-08-13 | Radar operating for tests & training | |
| 1944-10-16 | Radar dismantled & packed | |
| 1944-12-29 | Equip loaded on "Betty Joan" | |
| 1944-12-31 | Personnel depart by air for Madang | |
| 1945-01-04 | Personnel arrive at Hansa Bay by Flying Boat(1) | |
| 1945-01-05 | Equip unloaded from "Betty Joan" | |
| 1945-01-14 | Unit moves to Hansa Point PNG(2) | |
| 1945-01-22 | Commenced erecting the radar | |
| 1945-01-25 | Radar operating on test | |
| 1945-01-29 | Unit operational | |
| 1945-03-29 | Suspicious surface tracks detected on radar | |
| 1945-08-22 | Operations reduced to one watch | |
| 1945-11-09 | Ceased operations | |
| 1945-11-13 | Radar dismantled & packed | |
| 1945-11-16 | Unit embarks on RAAF O6-12 & leave for Madang | |
| 1945-11-17 | Unit unloaded at Madang | |
| 1945-11-27 | Unit Disbanded | |