S 2 Headquarters

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