Air Defence Headquarters
Brisbane
Formed — 21 Jan 1945
Disbanded — 21 Nov 1946
Broome WA
Formed — 28 Jan 1945
Disbanded — 2 Jan 1946
Barrimah NT
Formed — 21 Jan 1945
Disbanded — 18 Apr 1946
Darwin NT
Formed — 25 Jan 1945
Disbanded — 18 Apr 1946
Higgins Field Qld
Formed — 31 Jan 1945
Disbanded — 16 Jan 1946
Melbourne
Formed — 21 Jan 1945
Disbanded — 19 Dec 1946
Madang NG
Formed — 21 Jan 1945
Disbanded — 11 Mar 1946
Morotai
Formed — 16 Jul 1945
Disbanded — 18 Jan 1946
Guildford WA
Formed — 21 Jan 1945
Disbanded — 6 Jan 1947
Port Moresby
Formed — 21 Jan 1945
Disbanded — 13 Feb 1946
Perth
Formed — 21 Jan 1945
Disbanded — 6 Jan 1947
Sydney
Formed — 21 Jan 1945
Disbanded — 28 Jan 1947
Townsville
Formed — 21 Jan 1945
Disbanded — 10 Mar 1947
Airfield Construction Headquarters
No.61
(Previously 61 Works Wing Headquarters)
Formed — Royal Park — 7 Jan 1943
Moved — Coomalie Creek — 1 Feb 1943
Moved — Darwin — 1 May 1944
Embarked — Darwin — 24 Aug 1944
Disembarked — Morotai — 15 Sep 1944
Moved — Tarakan — 3 May 1945
Moved — Morotai — 1 Jun 1945
Moved — Tarakan — 1 Jul 1945
Moved — Balikpapan — 6 Jul 1945
Disbanded — Balikpapan — 22 Nov 1945
Detachments -
Leyte — 24 Nov 1944 — 15 Dec 1944
Mindoro — 15 Dec 1944 — 2 Jan 1945
No.62
(Previously 61 Works Wing Headquarters
Renamed 61 ACHQ — 15 Jul 1944
Formed — Royal Park — 1 Jan 1943
Moved — Mascot — 18 Jan 1943
Embarked — Sydney — 2 Mar 1943
Disembarked — Port Moresby — 15 Mar 1943
Moved — Goodenough — 1 Sep 1943
Moved — Nadzab — 6 Dec 1943
Moved — Tadji — 22 Apr 1944
Moved — Noemfoor — 2 Jul 1944
Moved — Biak — 6 Feb 1945
Moved — Morotai — 9 Apr 1945
Moved — Labuan — 10 Jun 1945
Disbanded — Labuan — 27 Nov 1945
Eastern Area
Refer Headquarters Operational Command & Headquarters Support Command
North Eastern Area
Formed — Townsville — 8 May 1941
Disbanded — Townsville — 31 Dec 1956
North Western Area
Formed — Darwin — 15 Jan 1942
Moved — 54 Mile — 17 Jun 1942
Moved — Darwin — 13 Nov 1945
Disbanded — Darwin — 29 Jun 1955
Western Area
Formed — Perth — 9 Jan 1941
Disbanded — Perth — 30 Nov 1956
RAAF Command
Formed — Melbourne — 30 Apr 1942
Moved — Brisbane — 20 Jul 1942
Adv H.Q.Morotai — Nov 1944
Disbanded — 2 Sep 1945
North Command
(Previously No.9 Group)
Formed — Port Moresby — 1 Sep 1942
Moved — Milne Bay — 15 Jun 1943
Renamed North Command — 14 Apr 1944
Renamed North Area — 1 Dec 1945
Moved — Port Moresby — 24 Mar 1946
Disbanded — Port Moresby — 24 Feb 1947
Adv H.Q .Goodenough — 8 Oct 1943 — 22 May 1944
Noroom Admin — Nadzab — 11 Jun 1944 — 9 Sep 1944
Noroom Ops — Madang — 13 Aug 1944 — 28 Feb 1946
Operational Command
Formed Headquarters Eastern Area
Sydney — 15 Apr 1942
Moved — Bradfield Park — 21 Oct 1946
Moved — Penrith — 7 Feb 1950
Renamed — HQ.HC — 1 Sep 1953
Renamed — HQ.OC — 14 Sep 1959
Support Command
Formed Headquarters Eastern Australia
Melbourne — 2 Aug 1941
Renamed Headquarters Training Command
1 Sep 1953
Renamed HWEC — 14 Sep 1959
Formed — Amberley — 1 May 1952
Formed — East Sale — 1 May 1952
Formed — Edinburgh — 17 Jan 1955
Formed — Butterworth — 1 Jun 1955
Formed — Fairbairn — 1 Jun 1952
Formed — Laverton — 2 Jun 1952
Formed — Pearce — 3 Dec 1952
Formed — Point Cook — 1 Apr 1952
Formed — Richmond — 1 Apr 1952
Formed — Townsville — 2 Jan 1957"
Formed — Williamtown — 15 Sep 1954
Formed — Mallala — 1 Nov 1941
Disbanded — 5 Nov 1955
1st TAF
(Previously No.10 Group)
Formed — Brisbane — 22 Nov 1945
Moved by Air — Nadzab — 4 Feb 1944
Moved — Aitape — 27 May 1944
Moved — Noemfoor — 9 Jul 1944
Renamed 1st TAF — 21 Oct 1944
Moved — Morotai — 21 Oct 1944
Disbanded — Morotai — 24 Jul 1946
No.11 Group
Formed — Morotai — 16 Jul 1945
Disbanded — Morotai — 31 Mar 1946
No.5 Maintenance Group
Formed — Sydney — 1 Jun 1942
Disbanded — Sydney — 13 Jan 1946
Training Group
No.1
Formed — Melbourne — 2 Aug 1941
Disbanded — Melbourne — 29 Jan 1946
No.2
Formed — Sydney — 2 Aug 1941
Moved — Wagga — 22 May 1942
Disbanded — Wagga — 26 Mar 1946
RAAF Element Headquarters Australian Forces Vietnam
Formed — Vietnam — 9 May 1966
Disbanded — 29 Feb 1972
RAAF Headquarters Thailand
Formed — Ubon — 1 Jun 62
Disbanded
Training Group Headquarters
Formed — Point Cook — 16 Jun 1950
Disbanded — 1 Apr 1952
Wing Headquarters
No.71
Formed — Milne Bay — 26 Feb 1943
Moved — Goodenough — 15 Jun 1943
Moved — Tadji — 28 Aug 1944
Disbanded — 27 Jan 1946
No.72
Formed — Garbutt — 23 Apr 1943
Embarked — Townsville — 4 May 1943
Disembarked — Merauke — 8 May 1943
Moved — Townsville — 22 May 1945
Disbanded — 20 Jun 1945
No.73
Formed — Port Moresby — 4 Jun 1943
Moved — By Product — 7 Aug 1943
Moved — Kiriwina — 1 Nov 1943
Moved — By Product — 1 Dec 1943
Moved — Kiriwina — 1 Jan 1944
Moved — Los Negros — 16 Mar 1944
Disbanded — 29 Aug 1944
No.74
Formed — Port Moresby — 10 Aug 1943
Disbanded — 15 Aug 1945
No.75
Formed — Townsville — 13 Oct 1943
Moved — Horn Island — 27 Oct 1943
Moved — Higgins Field — 18 Feb 1944
Disbanded — 25 Aug 1944
No.76
Formed — Townsville — 3 Jan 1944
Moved — Cairns — 14 Jan 1944
Moved — Darwin — 27 Aug 1944
Disbanded — 21 Nov 1945
No.77
Formed — Amberley — 22 Nov 1943
Embarked — Brisbane — 17 Jan 1944
Disembarked — Lae — 28 Jan 1944
Moved — Nadzab — 28 Jan 1944
Moved — Cape Gloucester — 6 Apr 1944
Moved — Noemfoor — 22 Jul 1944
Moved — Morotai — 6 Jan 1945
Moved — Tarakan — 18 May 1945
Moved — Deniliquin — 18 Dec 1945
Disbanded — 21 Nov 1946
No.78
Formed — Townsville — 24 Nov 1943
Embarked — Townsville — 10 Feb 1944
Disembarked — Lae — 19 Apr 1944
Moved — Nadzab — 19 Feb 1944
Moved — Cape Gloucester — 12 Mar 1944
Moved — Tadji — 23 Apr 1944
Moved — Hollandia — 13 May 1944
Moved — Noemfoor — 17 Jul 1944
Moved — Morotai — 20 Dec 1944
Moved — Tarakan — 11 May 1945
Moved — Deniliquin — 17 Dec 1945
Moved — Schofields — 10 Jun 1946
Moved — Williamtown — 5 Aug 1946
Moved — Malts — 28 Jul 1952
Moved — Williamtown — 20 Feb 1955
Moved by air — Butterworth — 17 Feb 1959
Disbanded — 1 Nov 1967
No.79
Formed — Batchelor NT — 20 Nov 1943
Adv Party
Embarked — Darwin — 7 Mar 1945
Disembarked — Balikpapan — 16 Mar 1945
Main Party
Embarked — Darwin — 21 Apr 1945
Disembarked — Balikpapan — 9 May 1945
Disbanded — 8 Oct 1945
No.80
Formed — Ransford — 12 Apr 1944
Moved — Sattler NT — 15 May 1944
Embarked — Darwin — 16 Jan 1945
Disembarked — Morotai — 1 Feb 1945
Disbanded — 30 Jul 1945
No.81
Formed — Ballarat — 12 Apr 1944
Moved — Townsville — 4 May 1944
Moved by air — Noemfoor — 30 Aug 1944
Moved — Morotai — 2 Apr 1945
Moved — Labuan — 12 Jun 1945
Moved — Iwakuni (Japan)22 Feb 1946
Moved — BOFU (Japan)1 Apr 1946
Disbanded — 6 Nov 1946
Reformed — Williamtown — 3 Jan 1961
Disbanded — 1 Feb 1966
Detachment "A"
Formed — Darwin — 20 Oct 1964
Disbanded — 10 May 1966
No.82
Formed — Ballarat — 25 Aug 1944
Moved — Fenton NT — 20 Oct 1944
Embarked — Darwin — 17 Jun 1945
Disembarked — Morotai — 30 Jun 1945
Moved — Balikpapan — 16 Jul 1945
Moved — Morotai — 5 Sep 1945
Moved — Tocumwal — 7 Dec 1945
Moved — Amberley — 9 Apr 1946
Disbanded — 1 Feb 1974
No.83
Formed — Nadzab — 25 Sep 1944
Moved — Lae — 13 Nov 1944
Moved — Morotai — 4 Apr 1945
Moved — Labuan — 12 Jun 1945
Moved — Canberra — 22 Jan 1946
Disbanded — 8 Jul 1947
No.84
Formed — Cairns — 11 Sep 1944
Adv Party By Air
Torokina — 14 Oct 1944
Main Party 1st
Embarked — Cairns — 22 Nov 1944
Disembarked — Bouganville — 26 Nov 1944
2nd Party
Embarked — Cairns — 9 Dec 1944
Disembarked — Bouganville — 14 Dec 1944
Moved — Essendon — 28 Feb 1946
Disbanded — 6 Mar 1946
No.85
Formed — Amberley — 10 Mar 1945
Moved — Darwin — 5 Jun 1945
Disbanded — 25 Nov 1945
No.86
Formed — Kingaroy — 10 Jan 1945
Moved by air — Morotai — 23 May 1945
Moved — Labuan — 3 Jul 1945
Moved — Narromine — 1 Jan 1946
Moved — Schofields — 9 Jul 1946
Moved — Richmond — 22 Jun 1949
Moved — Canberra — 20 Apr 1954
Moved — Richmond — 3 Sep 1958
Disbanded — 3 Aug 1964
No.90 (Comp)
Formed — Richmond — 10 Jul 1950
Moved by air — Singapore — 22 Jul 1950
Moved — Changi — 22 Jul 1950
Disbanded — 11 Dec 1952
No.91 (Comp)
Formed — Iwakuni (Japan)20 Oct 1950
Disbanded — 31 Apr 1955
No.92
Formed — Edinburgh — 1 Jul 1977