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Please search through radar units & COs active from 1937 to 1947 below.


Unit Title: Radar Station
Equipment Type: LW/AW Mk IA
Formation Order: AFCO B47/44
Disbandment Order: AFCO B154/46

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1944-02-07 Unit Formed at Richmond NSW
1944-03-20 Unit commences bivouac training
1944-03-21 Radar erected & tested
1944-03-27 Radar dismantled & packed
1944-06-23 Unit departs Sydney by train
1944-06-24 Unit arrives in Brisbane - Lodged at Yerongpilly
1944-06-26 Equip loaded & moved to Pinkenba Wharf
1944-07-01 Unit embarks on SS David Hewes
1944-07-12 Unit arrives at Finschhafen PNG
1944-07-20 Equip unloaded
1944-07-26 Radar erected & tested(1)
1945-03-04 Radar dismantled & packed
1945-07-12 Personnel moves to new site 6 miles north
1945-07-15 Personnel move by air to Biak
1945-07-24 Equip loaded on RAAF O6-14
1945-08-05 Equip arrives at Biak on MV Wanaka
1945-11-19 Unit Disbanded
 

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