Infantry

2/1st Machine Gun Battalion

(48 Light Aid Detachment)

Embarked4 May 1940Melbourne

Disembarked18 Jun 1940`UK

Embarked18 Dec 1940UK

Disembarked30 Dec 1940Egypt

7 Apr 1941Greece

27 Apr 1941Crete

16 May 1941Palestine

D Company4 Jun 1941Palestine

12 Dec 1941Syria

28 Jan 1942Palestine

Embarked12 Mar 1942Suez

Disembarked31 Mar 1942Adelaide

A Company

Embarked15 Nov 1942Cairns

Disembarked21 Nov 1942New Guinea

Rem

Embarked4 May 1943Cairns

Disembarked11 May 1943New Guinea

Embarked15 Apr 1944New Guinea

Disembarked20 Feb 1944Brisbane

In Dets

Embarked25 May 1945Cairns

Disembarked14 Jun 1945Morotai

Embarked28 Jun 1945Morotai

Disembarked1 Jul 1945Balikpapan

Embarked23 Dec 1945Balikpapan

Disembarked31 Dec 1945Brisbane

2/2nd Machine Gun Battalion

(72 Light Aid Detachment)

Embarked27 Dec 1940Sydney

Disembarked1 Feb 1941Kantara

26 Apr 1941Egypt

18 Sep 1941Palestine

19 Jan 1942Syria

30 Jun 1942Egypt El Alegoin

7 Dec 1942Palestine

Embarked25 Jan 1943Suez

Disembarked27 Feb 1943Sydney

May 1943Python Hill

Embarked9 Aug 1943Cairns

Disembarked13 Aug 1943New Guinea

Embarked25 Feb 1944New Guinea

Disembarked3 Mar 1944Brisbane

Embarked12 Apr 1945Cairns

Disembarked1 Jun 1945Morotai

Embarked1 Jun 1945Morotai

Disembarked12 Jun 1945Labuan

2/3rd Machine Gun Battalion

(66 Light Aid Detachment)

Embarked10 Apr 1941Sydney

Disembarked14 May 1941Suez

Att all various units10 Jun 1941Syria

Embarked in Dets V Ships

31 Jan 1942Suez

Disembarked Dets Ships

13 Mar 1942Adelaide

11 May 1942Palcombe

13 Jul 1942Cowra

1 May 1943Deception Bay

10 Aug 1943Wondecla

Adv Party Embarked11 Nov 1944Cairns

17 Nov 1944Aitape

Remainder Embarked3 Dec 1944Cairns

Disembarked8 Dec 1944Aitape

30 Nov 1945Wewak

2/1st Pioneer Battalion

Embarked30 Sep 1940Melbourne

Disembarked2 Nov 1940Palestine

4 Jan 1941Egypt

17 Jan 1942Palestine

Embarked12 Mar 1942Palestine

Disembarked30 Mar 1942Adelaide

Embarked28 Aug 1942Brisbane

Disembarked5 Sep 1942Papua

Embarked19 Dec 1943New Guinea

Disembarked21 Dec 1943Cairns

Embarked   May 1945Cairns

Disembarked13 May 1945Moratai

Embarked25 Jun 1945Moratai

Disembarked1 Jul 1945Balikpapan

Embarked23 Dec 1945Balikpapan

Disembarked31 Dec 1945Australia

2/2nd Pioneer Battalion

Embarked7 Apr 1941Sydney

Disembarked4 May 1941

   Jun 1941Syria

18 Jan 1942Palestine

Embarked1 Feb 1942Palestine

Disembarked20 Mar 1942Adelaide

Embarked27 Jul 1943Townsville

Disembarked28 Jul 1943New Guinea

Embarked3 Feb 1944New Guinea

Disembarked14 Feb 1944Townsville

Embarked14 Mar 1945Cairns

Disembarked25 Mar 1945Morotai

Embarked23 Apr 1945Morotai

Disembarked1 May 1945Tarakan

Embarked17 May 1945Tarakan

Disembarked22 May 1945Morotai

Embarked23 Jun 1945Morotai

Disembarked1 Jul 1945Balikpapan

2/3rd Pioneer Battalion

5 Oct 1941Ingleburn

Embarked1 Nov 1941Sydney

Disembarked22 Nov 1941Palestine

22 Jan 1942Syria

1 Jul 1942Egypt

6 Dec 1942Palestine

Embarked25 Jan 1943Suez

Disembarked27 Feb 1943Sydney

Embarked3 Jan 1943Cairns

Disembarked    Sep 1943New Guinea

Embarked2 Mar 1944New Guinea

Disembarked10 Mar 1944Brisbane

Embarked3 Apr 1945Townsville

Disembarked14 Apr 1945Moratai

Embarked23 Apr 1945Morotai

Disembarked1 May 1945Tarakan

Embarked27 Dec 1945Tarakan

Disembarked11 Jan 1946Brisbane

Medical

2/13th Field Ambulance

Embarked10 Feb 1941Fremantle

Disembarked22 Feb 1941Bombay

Embarked12 Mar 1941Bombay

Disembarked26 Mar 1941Egypt) Staging

28 Jun 1941Syria )

6 Feb 1942Palestine

Embarked31 Mar 1942Suez

Disembarked20 Apr 1942Adelaide

15 Jan 1943NT

30 May 1944Queensland

2/1st Casualty Clearing Station

Embarked14 Apr 1940Melbourne

Disembarked18 May 1940Palestine

18 Nov 1940Egypt

10 May 1941Palestine

17 Aug 1941Syria

Australia

Embarked    Sep 1942Australia

Disembarked6 Sep 1942New Guinea

Embarked24 Dec 1943New Guinea

Disembarked27 Dec 1943Australia

Embarked15 May 1945Australia

Disembarked27 May 1945Morotai

10 Jun 1945Morotai

2/2nd Casualty Clearing Station

Embarked14 Nov 1940Sydney

Disembarked16 Dec 1940Palestine

27 Jan 1941Tobruk

31 Jul 1941Palestine

Embarked (4 Parties)3 Jan 1942Suez

Disembarked (4 Parties)

22 Jan 1942Adelaide

Embarked (Main Body)

1 Feb 1942Suez

Disembarked (Main Body)

19 Feb 1942Java

Main body prisoners of war

   Mar 1942Java

Unit reconstituted1 May 1942

Embarked11 Mar 1944New Guinea

Disembarked19 Mar 1944Townsville

Embarked27 May 1945Cairns

Disembarked13 Jun 1945Morotai

Embarked23 Jun 1945Morotai

Disembarked1 Jul 1945Balikpapan

2/3rd Casualty Clearing Station

Embarked27 Dec 1940Sydney

Disembarked30 Jan 1941Palestine

Embarked7 Mar 1941Palestine

Disembarked8 Mar 1941Greece

Embarked14 Apr 1941Greece

Disembarked17 Apr 1941Palestine

7 Jul 1942Syria

12 Jul 1942Egypt

17 Oct 1942Libya

At sea1 Feb 1942

Disembarked26 Feb 1943Sydney

Embarked9 Aug 1943Cairns

Disembarked11 Aug 1943New Guinea

1 Jul 1944In Australia

Embarked16 May 1945Townsville

Disembarked26 May 1945Morotai

Embarked4 Jul 1945Morotai

Disembarked7 Jul 1945Balkipapan

1st Australian General Hospital

Embarked10 Jan 1940Sydney

Disembarked12 Feb 1940Palestine

Embarked13 Mar 1942Suez

Disembarked23 May 1942Adelaide

Unit moved in Flights     Sep 1943New Guinea

Embarked25 Jun 1944New Guinea

Disembarked27 Jun 1944Townsville

Embarked30 Sep 1944Australia

Disembarked6 Oct 1944Torokina

Embarked27 Dec 1945Torokina for Australian

2nd Australian General Hospital

Embarked15 Apr 1940Melbourne

17 May 1940Palestine

7 Dec 1940At Mantara

20 Jun 1944Queensland

1 Oct 1945Darwin

31 Mar 1946Still in Darwin

4th Australian General Hospital

Embarked29 Dec 1940Melbourne

Disembarked2 Feb 1941Suez to Ab

Kadir, Egypt

Embarked28 Feb 1941Egypt

28 Feb 1941Baroo, Libya,

Tobruk

24 Oct 1941Palestine

Embarked12 Mar 1942Palestine

Disembarked26 Mar 1942Colombo

Embarked    Jul 1942Colombo

Disembarked5 Aug 1942Melbourne

Embarked4 May 1942Australia

Disembarked30 May 1945Morotai

Embarked5 Jun 1945Morotai

Disembarked18 Jun 1945Rabaul

Embarked10 Nov 1945Rabaul

Disembarked24 Nov 1945Sydney

2/5th Australian General Hospital

Embarked19 Oct 1940Sydney

Disembarked24 Jan 1940Palestine

Detach1 Dec 1940Darwin

Part Det Disembarked29 Dec 1940Sydney

Main Unit13 Apr 1941Greece

24 Apr 1941Crete

18 May 1941Palestine

28 May 1941Suez

Embarked6 Sep 1941

Moved to12 Sep 1941

Embarked18 Dec 1941

Disembarked23 Dec 1941Suez

Embarked31 Jan 1942Suez

Disembarked24 Mar 1942Adelaide

Embarked24 Dec 1942Brisbane

Disembarked28 Dec 1942New Guinea

Embarked3 May 1944New Guinea

Disembarked9 May 1944Sydney

Embarked17 Mar 1945Sydney

Disembarked5 Apr 1945Morotai

6th Australian General Hospital

Embarked26 Dec 1940Sydney

Disembarked31 Jan 1941Haifa Palestine

Staging6 Mar 1941Egypt

Embarked7 Mar 1941Egypt

Disembarked8 Mar 1941Greece

Members of Surgical team only eligible for 8th clasp

Embarked14 May 1941Crete

Disembarked17 May 1941Palestine

Embarked1 Feb 1943Palestine

Disembarked27 Feb 1943Sydney

Embarked12  Jun 1945Sydney

Disembarked22 Jun 1945Morotai

Embarked3 Jul 1945Morotai

Disembarked10 Jul 1945Rabaul

7th Australian General Hospital

Embarked16 Nov 1940Melbourne

Disembarked18 Dec 1940Port Said

Moved 29 Dec 1940To Palestine

24 Mar 1941Egypt

25 Apr 1941Palestine

4 Jul 1942Syria

29 Jul 1942Egypt (

Embarked31 Jan 1945Egypt

Disembarked25 Feb 1943Melbourne

Embarked7 Aug 1943Sydney

Disembarked26 Aug 1943New Guinea

8th Australian Specialist Hospital

Embarked14 Sep 1940Sydney

Disembarked14 Oct 1940Palestine

1st Corps Lines of Communication Recovery Section

   Mar 1941Palestine

   Sep 1941Palestine

   Nov 1941Syria

18 Jan 1942Palestine

Embarked31 Jan 1942Suez

2/3rd Field Hygiene

Embarked15 Sep 1940Melbourne

Disembarked18 Oct 1940Palestine

7 Jan 1941Egypt

26 Jan 1941Libya

29 Mar 1941Greece

1 May 1941Crete

Embarked14 May 1941Crete

Disembarked20 May 1941Palestine

16 Jul 1941Syria

21 Jan 1942Palestine

Embarked10 Mar 1942Palestine

Disembarked24 Mar 1942Ceylon

Embarked11 Jul 1942Ceylon

Disembarked4 Aug 1942Melbourne

DisbandedAug 1942

2/1st Convalescent Unit

Embarked27 Dec 1940Brisbane

Disembarked1 Feb 1941Palestine

Detachment6 Mar 1941Egypt

Det

Embarked18 Mar 1941Egypt

Disembarked21 Mar 1941Greece

26 Apr 1941Crete

17 May 1941Palestine

A Sect & No 17 Sub Sect

10 Aug 1941Syria

B Sect25 Sep 1941Syria

Rest of Unit4 Dec 1941Syria

Unit17 Jan 1942Palestine

Embarked3 Feb 1942Egypt

Disembarked20 Feb 1942Colombo

Embarked1 Mar 1942Colombo

Disembarked25 Mar 1942Adelaide

Embarked4 May 1943Brisbane

Disembarked11 May 1943New Guinea

Embarked7 Apr 1944New Guinea

Disembarked10 Apr 1944Townsville

2nd Anti Malarial Control Unit

27 Jul 1941Syria

13 Jan 1942Palestine

Embarked10 Mar 1942Palestine

Disembarked   Mar 1942Ceylon

Embarked13 Jul 1942Ceylon

Disembarked3 Aug 1942Melbourne

Embarked1 Dec 1942Townsville

Disembarked4 Dec 1942New Guinea

Embarked24 May 1944New Guinea

Disembarked28 May 1944Brisbane

Embarked26 May 1945Cairns

Disembarked12 Jun 1945Morotai

Embarked26 Jun 1945Morotai

Disembarked5 Jul 1945Balikpapan

1 Corps Mobile Bath

Embarked5 Feb 1941Melbourne

DisembarkedPalestine

25 Mar 1941Egypt

Embarked11 Mar 1942Suez

1st Australian Convalescent Depot

RaisedPalestine

Embarked26 Jan 1943Suez

Disembarked   Feb 1943Adelaide

30 Apr 1946In Australia

1st Australian Mobile Bacteriological Laboratory

Disembarked25 Mar 1941Port Said To Egypt

25 Jun 1941Palestine

25 Jul 1941Syria

18 Jan 1942Palestine

Embarked31 Jan 1942Suez

12 Jun 1942Katherine

14 Sep 1942

1 Dec 1942

8 Mar 1943Darwin

8 Jul 1943Adelaide River

29 Dec 1943Darwin

31 Jan 1944

10 Apr 1944Alice Springs

6 Jun 1944Katherine

26 Jun 1944Darwin

15 Jun 1944

16 Sep 1944Adelaide River

1 Oct 1944Darwin

25 Nov 1944

11 Dec 1944Alice Springs

1 Corps Mobile Laundry

Embarked4 Feb 1941Sydney

Disembarked25 Mar 1941Palestine

Embarked12 Mar 1942Palestine

Disembarked31 Mar 1942Adelaide

Transferred to 11 Australian Division

20 Jul 1943

1 Advanced Depot Medical Stores

Embarked17 Nov 1940Adelaide

Disembarked18 Dec 1940Palestine

30 Nov 1942

4 Advanced Depot Medical Stores

Formed8 Nov 1941Bayrouth, Syria

Embarked31 Jan 1942Suez

Disembarked25 Mar 1942Adelaide

Embarked17 Aug 1942Sydney

Disembarked23 Aug 1942New Guinea

31 Dec 1942New Guinea

I Corps Signals

Embarked1 Oct 1940

1st Flight Disembarked

3 Nov 4

31 Dec 1940Egypt

16 Mar 1941Greece

24 Apr 1941Crete

1 May 1941

Embarked

Disembarked17

Embarked12

Disembarked17 Mar 1942New Guinea

Embarked2 Jul 1943New Guinea

Disembarked

Detachments

Embarked9 Apr 1945Townsville

Disembarked19 Apr 1945Morotai

I Corps Australian Army Service Corps

I Corps Troops Supply Column

Embarked2 Dec 1941Sydney

Disembarked Jan 1941Palestine

1 Corps Troops Ammunition Company

Disembarked3 May 1941Palestine

16 Nov 1941Syria

Detachment24 May 1941Egypt

Under 9th Army, Iraq26 Jan 1942Palestine

Embarked17 Feb 1942Suez

DisembarkedAustralia

1 Corps Ammunition Park

Embarked26 Dec 1940Sydney

Disembarked31 Jan 1941Palestine

29 Nov 1941Syria

1 Corps Petroleum Park

Embarked29 Dec 1940Melbourne

Disembarked30 Jan 1941Palestine

1 Mar 1941Egypt

Det30 Apr 1941Greece

Det31 May 1941Egypt

Det1 Jul 1941Palestine

5 Aug 1941Syria

1 Anti Aircraft Brigade Company Australian Army Service Corps

Embarked8 Apr 1941Sydney

Disembarked5 May 1941Egypt

31 May 1941To Palestine

1 Det 7 Jul 1941To Palestine

9 Nov 1941Syria

7 Feb 1942Palestine

Embarked12 Mar 1942Palestine

Disembarked31 Mar 1942Adelaide

Ordnance

Headquarters 1 Advanced Ordnance Workshops

Disembarked31 Jan 1941Kantara

Embarked30 Jan 1942Suez

2/1st Ordnance Store Company

14 Feb 1940Palestine

18 Mar 1941Egypt

Embarked30 Jan 1942Suez

2/1st Ordnance Workshops Company

Disembarked14 Feb 1940Palestine

18 Mar 1941Egypt

Embarked30 Jan 1942Suez

Disembarked

Dental

1st Dental Unit

  May 1941Egypt

  Sep 1941Syria

Embarked9 Aug 1943Townsville

Disembarked12 Aug 1943New Guinea

Embarked6 Jun 1944New Guinea

Disembarked8 Jun 1944Townsville

Embarked20 May 1945Townsville

Disembarked29 May 1945Morotai

30 Jun 1945Morotai

2nd Dental Unit

   Apr 1941Palestine

Embarked8 Apr 1943Brisbane

Disembarked12 Apr 1943New Guinea

Embarked7 Apr 1944New Guinea

Disembarked10 Apr 1944Bowen

Embarked21 Mar 1945Cairns

Disembarked4 Apr 1945Morotai

Embarked12 Jul 1945Morotai

Disembarked17 Jul 1945Balikpapan

3rd Dental Unit

18 May 1940Palestine

10 Dec 1940Egypt

22 Apr 1941Palestine

12 Jan 1942Syria

30 Jun 1942Palestine

17 Sep 1942Egypt

Returned to Australia

Embarked14 Oct 1944Townsville

Disembarked21 Oct 1944New Guinea

27 Apr 1945New Guinea

4th Dental Unit

12 Apr 1941Egypt

5 Oct 1941Palestine

Embarked7 Nov 1943Brisbane

Disembarked12 Nov 1943New Guinea

31 Jan 1944Same

5th Dental Unit

28 Aug 1941Palestine

Embarked14 Aug 1943Cairns

Disembarked18 Aug 1943New Guinea

Embarked5 Jun 1944New Guinea

Disembarked9 Jun 1944Townsville

Unit less 'C' Sec

Embarked8 Apr 1945Townsville

Disembarked16 Apr 1945Morotai

Sect

Embarked16 Mar 1945

Sect

Disembarked23 Mar 1945Morotai

Sect

Embarked22 Apr 1945Morotai

Sect

Disembarked1 May 1945

Unit

Embarked19 Jun 1945Morotai

Disembarked27 Jun 1945Latuan

Whole Unit

Embarked10 Dec 1945Latuan

Disembarked20 Dec 1945Brisbane

6th Dental Unit

   May 1941Palestine

   Dec 1941

7th Dental Unit

Embarked1 Jul 1940Australia

Disembarked11 Jul 1940Darwin

6 Nov 1940Brisbane

Embarked4 Feb 1941Sydney

Disembarked16 Mar 1941Suez

1 Apr 1941Palestine

23 Sep 1941Syria

14 Jan 1942Palestine

Embarked5 Feb 1942Egypt

Disembarked16 Mar 1942Adelaide

16 Oct 1942Katherine

30 Nov 1942

No diaries Jun 1943Mar 1945

Embarked11 Apr 1945Brisbane

Disembarked19 Apr 1945Morotai

8th Dental Unit

Embarked29 Aug 1940Sydney

Disembarked30 Sep 1940Suez

1 Oct 1940Palestine

15 Mar 1943Sydney

No diaries            1944In Queensland

Embarked23 1945Townsville

Disembarked1 May 1945Morotai

9th Dental Unit

   Feb 1941Palestine

30 Aug 1941Syria

31 Aug 1942Australia

10th Dental Unit

30 Jan 1942Palestine

  Nov 1941Syria

11th Dental Unit

30 Mar 1941Palestine

7 Feb 1941Syria

12th Dental Unit

Embarked15 Sep 1940Melbourne

Disembarked13 Oct 1940Kantara Palestine

With 1 Con Depot

31 Jul 1941Palestine

13th Dental Unit

Embarked1 Oct 1940Melbourne

Disembarked3 Nov 1940Kantara

16 Apr 1941Egypt

2 Oct 1941Palestine

Attached 9 Infantry Trg Battalion

30 Nov 1941Palestine

Embarked12 Mar 1942Suez

Disembarked1 Apr 1942Adelaide

14th Dental Unit

Embarked1 Oct 1940Sydney

Disembarked3 Nov 1940Kantara to

Palestine

16 Apr 1941Egypt

31 May 1941Palestine

26 Apr 1942Syria

30 Jun 1942Palestine

20 Sep 1942El Alamein

7 Dec 1942Palestine

Embarked29 Jan 1943Suez

15th Dental Unit

Embarked21 Nov 1940Fremantle

Disembarked18 Dec 1940Palestine

9 Jul 1941Egypt

19 Feb 1942Palestine

Embarked12 Mar 1942Suez

Disembarked1 Apr 1942Adelaide

31 Oct 1942Rutherford

Inc 2/4 Australian Dental as H Q

18 Nov 1942

16th Dental Unit

1 Sep 1941Palestine

31 Dec 1941Palestine

20th Dental Unit

1 May 1941Palestine

1 Apr 1942Palestine

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