Military Units based on Magnetic Island, Queensland, in Australia during WW2

2/3 Aust Dental Unit A section rotated through Magnetic Island and other camps on the mainland	13th Australian Radar Detachment from May 1944 to March 1945	16 Australian Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery (Static) 445 HAA Gun Station located at Nelly Bay
29 Air Store Park RAAF Recreation Camp 6 tents at Arcadia on Alma Beach	31st Australian Infantry Battalion, No. 4 Signal Post recalled from Magnetic Island on 12 April 1942	108 CASL Sec previously "L" CASL Sec In Nov 1943 merged into "L Heavy Battery located Magnetic Battery
208th Coast Artillery (AA) Regiment, US Army Battery A, Section #15 including a SCR 268 Radar	Arcadia Rest Camp - Camp Staffs, 1 L of C Sub Area (North Queensland)	Arcadia Rest Camp for military run by Young Women's Christian Association YWCA, Young Men's Christian Association YMCA and the Australian Comforts Fund ACF, included a Women's Service Club
"B" Heavy Battery Aug - Sep 42 helped construct Magnetic Battery	"F" Heavy Battery renamed "B" Heavy Battery	"F" CASL Sec later 106 CASL Sec (1) located Magnetic Battery
"L" Aust Heavy Battery Magnetic Battery	Magnetic Battery	RAN Station 21, Port War Signalling Station co-located at Magnetic Battery
"T" Aust Heavy Battery (Coast) located Magnetic Battery	Z Special Unit launched raid on port of Townsville from Magnetic Island

The Unit Guide, The Australian Army 1939-1945 Volumes 1 - 6
by Graham McKenzie-Smith

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