External

Air Armament School

(Formed from Armament School)

Formed — Laverton — 23 Jan 1940

Moved — Point Cook — 25 Jan 1940

Moved — Hamilton — 11 Jul 1942

Moved — Nhill — 13 Dec 1943

Renamed — Air Armament School — 13 Jan 1944

Renamed — Air Arm.& Gas School — 7 Feb 1944

Disbanded — Nhill — 1 Jan 1946

Reformed — East Sale — 14 Feb 1946

Disbanded — East Sale — 30 Jul 1959

Air and Ground Radio School

Formed — Ballarat — 1 Nov 1945

Renamed — School of Radio — 1 Dec 1952

Moved — Laverton — 27 Apr 1961

Air Gunnery School

(Previously No.3 B.A.G.S.)

Formed — Sale — 12 Jan 1942

Disbanded — Sale — 9 Dec 1943

Reformed & Renamed

West Sale — 9 Dec 1943

Disbanded — West Sale — 31 Dec 1945

Air Navigation School

No.1

Formed — Parkes — 1 Nov 1940

Disbanded — Parkes — 9 Dec 1943

No.2

Formed — Mount Gambier — 1 Jul 1941

Moved — Nhill — 21 Sep 1941

Disbanded — Nhill — 18 Jan 1944

Air Observor Schools

No.1

Formed — Cootamundra — 15 Apr 1940

Moved — Evans Head — 19 Dec 1943

Disbanded — Evans Head — 15 Aug 1945

No.2

Formed — Mount Gambier — 6 Feb 1941

Disbanded — Mount Gambier — 1 Jan 1946

No.3

Formed — Port Pirie — 9 Dec 1943

Disbanded — Port Pirie — 3 Jan 1946

Aircrew Officers & Non Commissioned Officers School

Formed — Watsonia — 14 Aug 1944

Disbanded — Watsonia — 8 Oct 1945

Aust Joint Anti Submarine School

Formed — Nowra — 1 Dec 1951

Bomb and Gunnery School

No.1

Formed — Evans Head — 26 Aug 1940

Disbanded — Evans Head — 9 Dec 1943

No.2

Formed — Port Pirie — 15 Jun 1941

Disbanded — Port Pirie — 9 Dec 1943

No.3

Refer Air Gunnery School

Central Gunnery School

Formed — Sale — 5 Jun 1942

Moved — Williamtown — 13 Jul 1942

Moved — Mildura — 12 Nov 1942

Moved — Cressy — 28 Jul 1943

Disbanded — Cressy — 19 Jul 1946

Central Flying School

Formed — Point Cook — 29 Apr 1940

Moved — Camden — 18 May 1940

Moved — Tamworth — 19 Apr 1942

Moved — Parkes — 19 Jan 1944

Moved — Point Cook — 6 Sep 1945

Moved — East Sale — 2 Dec 1947

Elementary Flying Training Schools

No.1 (Previously No 2 Flying Training School)

Renamed from 2 FTS

Parafield Qld — 2 Jan 1940

Moved — Tamworth NSW — 29 May 1944

Disbanded — Tamworth — 12 Dec 1944

No.2 (Previously No 3 Flying Training School)

Renamed from 3 FTS

Archerfield Qld — 2 Jan 1940

Disbanded — Archerfield Qld — 24 Apr 1944

No.3

Formed — Essendon Vic — 2 Jan 1940

Disbanded — Essendon Vic — 1 May 1942

No.4

Formed — Mascot NSW — 2 Jan 1940

Disbanded — Mascot NSW — 24 Apr 1942

No.5

Formed — Narromine NSW — 24 May 1940

Disbanded — Narromine NSW — 14 Aug 1944

No.6

Formed — Tamworth NSW — 22 Aug 1940

Disbanded — Tamworth NSW — 5 May 1942

No.7

Formed — Western Junction TAS

29 Aug 1940

Disbanded — Western Junction TAS

31 Aug 1945

No.8

Formed — Narrandera NSW — 19 Sep 1940

Disbanded — Narrandera NSW — 15 Jun 1945

No.9

Formed — Cunderdin WA — 11 Dec 1940

Disbanded — Cunderdin WA — 17 Oct 1945

No.10

Formed — Temora NSW — 1 May 1941

Disbanded — Temora NSW — 12 Mar 1946

No.11

Formed — Benalla Vic — 26 Jun 1941

Disbanded — Benalla Vic — 1 Mar 1946

No.12

Formed — Bundaberg Qld — 16 Oct 1941

Moved — Lowood Qld — 12 Jan 1942

Disbanded — Lowood Qld — 18 Apr 1942

No.1 Engineering School

Formed — Ascot Vale Vic — 1 Mar 1940

Disbanded — Ascot Vale Vic — 4 Mar 1946

Equipment Training School

Formed — Laverton Vic — 30 Nov 1942

Moved — Ascot Vale 1 May 1944

Disbanded — Ascot Vale — 1 May 1944

Flying Training School

No.1

Reformed as No.1 BPTS

Wagga — 1 Dec 1951

Moved — Point Cook — 19 Dec 1958

Renamed 1 FTS

Point Cook — 1 Jan 1969

No.2

Formed — Parafield — 6 Nov 1939

Disbanded — Parafield — 2 Jan 1940

Renamed from 5BPTS

Wagga — 22 Aug 1946

Moved — Point Cook — 1 Sep 1947

Renamed AFTS

30 Mar 1952

Moved — Pearce — 27 May 1958

Renamed 2 FTS — 1 Jan 1969

No.3

Formed — Archerfield — 6 Nov 1939

Disbanded — Archerfield — 2 Jan 1940

General Reconnaissance School

Formed — Point Cook — 29 Apr 1940

Moved — Laverton — 1 Jul 1940

Moved — Cressy — 27 Apr 1942

Moved — Bairnsdale — 22 Apr 1943

Moved — East Sale — 5 Feb 1946

Renamed School of Air Navigation — 5 Feb 1946

Ground Training School

Formed — Wagga — 4 Mar 1946

Renamed Tech College — 1 May 1950

Renamed RSDT — 1 Dec 1952

Initial Training Schools

No.1

Formed — Melbourne — 1 Apr 1940

Moved — Somers — 16 Apr 1940

Disbanded — Somers — 19 Oct 1945

Reformed — Archerfield — 26 Oct 1951

Disbanded — Archerfield — 22 Oct 1954

No.2

Formed — Bradfield Park — 27 May 1940

Disbanded — Bradfield Park — 20 Aug 1945

No.3

Formed — Amberley — 16 Dec 1940

Moved — Sandgate — 18 Apr 1941

Moved — Kingaroy — 23 Jul 1942

Disbanded — Kingaroy — 4 Sep 1945

No.4

Formed — Victor Harbour — 4 Nov 1940

Disbanded — Victor Harbour — 3 Dec 1944

No.5

Formed — Pearce — 21 Oct 1940

Moved — Clontarf — 15 Mar 1942

Disbanded — Clontarf — 20 Jan 1945

No.6

Formed — Bradfield Park — 16 Jul 1943

Disbanded — Bradfield Park — 8 Dec 1944

Officers Training School

Formed — Rathmines — 12 Apr 1950

Disbanded — Rathmines — 31 Dec 1952

Reformed — Rathmines — 16 May 1956

Moved — Point Cook — 6 Jan 1961

RAAF Special Aircrew School

Formed — Renmark SA — 31 Jan 1945

Disbanded — 26 Apr 1945

RAAF Staff School

Formed — Mount Martha Vic — 23 Aug 1943

Moved — Point Cook — 1 Nov 1945

Disbanded — 6 Sep 1946

Radar School

Formed — Richmond — 1 Sep 1941

Moved — Maryborough — 11 Nov 1944

Renamed RDFSchool — 1 Jan 1943

Renamed Radar School — 1 Sep 1943

Disbanded — 23 Nov 1945

Radio Apprentice School

Formed — Frognall — 8 Dec 1947

Moved — Laverton — 12 Dec 1960

Disbanded — 1 May 1962

School of Air Navigation

Formed — East Sale — 5 Feb 1946

School of Administration

Formed — Laverton — 9 Sep 1940

Moved — Ascot Vale — 27 Dec 1941

Moved — Carlton — 21 Feb 1942

Moved — Victor Harbour SA — 30 Nov 1944

Disbanded — 30 Nov 1945

School of Army Co-Operation

Formed — Canberra — 29 Dec 1941

Disbanded — 31 Aug 1946

School of Ground Training

Formed — Rathmines — 27 Nov 1946

Disbanded — 16 Jan 1960

School of General Service Training

Formed — Richmond — 27 Nov 1946

Disbanded — 3 May 1949

School of Languages

Formed — Point Cook — 7 Jan 1952

School of Land & Air Warfare

Formed — Laverton — 22 Jan 1947

Moved — Williamtown — 17 Nov 1948

Disbanded — 25 Aug 1958

School of Photography

Formed — East Sale — 1 Apr 1952

School of Technical Training

No.1

Formed — Melbourne — 18 Dec 39

Disbanded — 22 Dec 1945

No.2

Formed — Canberra — 18 Dec 39

Disbanded — 16 Nov 1945

No.3

Formed — Sydney — 26 Feb 1940

Disbanded — 31 Oct 1945

No.4

Formed — Melbourne — 1 Apr 1940

Moved — Adelaide — 15 Apr 1940

Disbanded — 30 Nov 1945

No.5

Formed — Perth — 1 Aug 1940

Disbanded — 30 Oct 1945

No.6

Formed — Hobart — 1 Aug 1940

Disbanded — 29 Nov 1941

No.7

Formed — Geelong — 29 Jun 1942

Disbanded — 25 Sep 1945

Service Flying Training School

No.1

Formed — Point Cook — 1 May 1940

Disbanded — 15 Sep 1944

No.2

Formed — Wagga — 1 Jul 1940

Disbanded — 14 Apr 1942

No.3

Formed — Amberley — 21 Oct 1940

Disbanded — 22 Apr 1942

No.4

Formed — Geraldton — 10 Feb 1941

Disbanded — 17 Oct 1945

No.5

Formed — Uranquinty (Wagga)20 Oct 1941

Disbanded — 1 Mar 1946

No.6

Formed — Mallala — 25 Aug 1941

Disbanded — 1 Jan 1946

No.7

Formed — Deniliquin — 30 Jun 1941

Renamed — A.F.& R.U.16 Dec 1944

No.8

Formed — Bundaberg — 14 Dec 1941

Disbanded — 25 Jul 1945

Signals School

Formed — Point Cook — 1 Nov 39

Disbanded — 21 Nov 1945

Wireless & Gunnery Schools

No.1

Formed — Ballarat Vic — 22 Apr 1940

Disbanded — 23 Jan 1946

No.2

Formed — Parkes NSW — 9 Jan 1941

Disbanded — 12 Feb 1944

No.3

Formed — Maryborough Qld — 18 Sep 1941

Disbanded — 15 Dec 1944