MILITARY UNITS
AT MOUNT MARTHA, VIC
DURING WW2
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| 1st Australian Water Ambulance Convoy | 1st Australian Motor Ambulance Convoy | 1st Company, Second Australian Army Signals |
| 1st Ordnance Field Park | 1st Marine Division, USMC | 2nd Airfield
Construction Squadron RAAF Commenced weapon training at Mount Martha on 8 Aug 1944 at RAAF Staff School, Mount Martha House, 466 Esplanade, Mount Martha |
| 2nd Field Survey Unit RAE (M) | 2nd Infantry Brigade HQ Defence Platoon | 2nd Mobile Hygiene and Bacteriological Laboratory |
| 2 Corps Troops
Ammunition Company renamed Second Australian Army Troops Ammunition Company |
2 Corps Troops Supply Column | 2/22nd Australian Infantry Battalion |
| 2/106th Australian Light Aid Detachment | 3rd Australian Reconnaissance Squadron | 3rd Company, Second Australian Army Signals |
| 3rd Line
Section, Southern Command Signals renamed 16 Australian Line Section |
3rd Military District Defence Canteen Service | 3rd Water Transport Group |
| 3rd Water Transport Group Signals Section | 4th Australian Infantry Division Provost Company | 4th Airfield
Construction Squadron RAAF Commenced defence training at Mount Martha on 15 Oct 1944 at RAAF Staff School, Mount Martha House, 466 Esplanade, Mount Martha |
| 4th Field Censorship Section | 4th Field Hygiene Section | 5th Australian Sea Ambulance Transport Company |
| 5th Australian
Infantry Battalion (Victorian Scottish Regiment) |
5CCS | 6th Australian Field Company |
| 6th Australian Motor Brigade Provost Section | 6th Australian
Infantry Battalion (Royal Melbourne Regiment) |
6th Airfield
Construction Squadron RAAF Commenced training at Mount Martha on 28 Oct 1944 at RAAF Staff School, Mount Martha House, 466 Esplanade, Mount Martha |
| 6th Infantry Brigade HQ Defence Platoon | 6th Infantry Brigade Group | 6th Armoured Brigade Signals Squadron |
| 7th Anti-tank
Regiment renamed to 107th Australian Anti-tank Regiment |
7th Australian Air Support Control | 7th Airfield
Construction Squadron RAAF Commenced training at Mount Martha on 25 Oct 1944 at RAAF Staff School, Mount Martha House, 466 Esplanade, Mount Martha |
| 8th Airfield
Construction Squadron RAAF Commenced training at Mount Martha on 14 Sep 1944 at RAAF Staff School, Mount Martha House, 466 Esplanade, Mount Martha |
9th Airfield
Construction Squadron RAAF Commenced training at Mount Martha on 16 Nov 1944 at RAAF Staff School, Mount Martha House, 466 Esplanade, Mount Martha |
9 Australian Despatch Rider Section |
| 10th Australian Despatch Rider Section | 10th Recovery Section,4th Australian Army Field Workshop | 10th Australian Field Regiment |
| 11th Australian Small Ships Company | 11th Australian Watercraft Workshop Section | 13th Australian W/T Section |
| 14th Australian Heavy W/T Section | 14th Australian
Infantry Battalion (Prahran Regiment) |
15th Special Dental Unit |
| 15th Australian Telegraph Operating Section | 16th Australian Telegraph Operating Section | 17th Australian Telegraph Operating Section |
| 17th Australian Line Section | 17th Pigeon Loft | 18th Australian Line Section |
| 18 Australian Water Transport Operating Company (Small Craft) |
19th Construction Battalion (Seabees) Designated as Third Battalion of the Seventeenth Marine Engineering Regiment while at Mount Martha |
20th Army Field Company |
| 28th Defence and Employment Platoon | 32nd Australian
Infantry Battalion (Footscray Regiment) |
41st
Landing Craft Company 3rd Water Transport Group |
| 53rd Port Craft Company | 54th Port Craft Company | 54th Australian Field Park Company |
| 55th Australian Divisional Ordnance Field Park | 55th Australian Divisional Ordnance Workshop | 82nd Australian Dental Unit |
| 107th Anti-tank Regiment | 107th Reserve Motor Transport Company | 111th Reserve
Motor Transport Company reorganised as 135th Australian General Transport Company |
| 114th Reserve
Motor Transport Company Reorganised as 136th General Transport Company |
114th Independent Brigade Group Ordnance FieldPark | 115th Independent Brigade Group Ordnance Field Park |
| 115th Independent Brigade Group Ordnance Workshop | 134th Australian General Transport Company | 151st Australian General Transport Company |
| 215th Australian Light Aid Detachment | 232nd Australian Light Aid Detachment | 267th Australian Light Aid Detachment |
| 268th Australian Light Aid Detachment | 269th Australian Light Aid Detachment | Australian Water Transport Training Depot (Mount Martha) |
| Camp Staffs Mount Martha | CE Second Australian Army | CRE 4th Australian Infantry Division |
| Despatch Rider Section, Home Forces Signals | Detachment 14th Australian Small Ships Company | Detachment Victoria L of C Area Workshop |
| Headquarters 2 Corps Troops AASC | Headquarters Second Australian Army Signals | Headquarters 2nd Australian Water Transport Group |
| Headquarters 3rd Australian Water Transport Group (Small Craft) | Headquarters Second Australian Army | Headquarters 2
Australian Infantry Brigade aka HQ Mornington Peninsula Force (1) |
| "L" Australian Field Security Section | Line Section,
Home Forces Signals renamed 15th Australian Line Section |
Line Maintenance Section, Home Force Signals |
|
Mount Martha Research Station MMRS "Z" Special Unit |
Operating
Section, Home Forces Signals renamed 14th Australian Telegraph Operating Section |
RAAF Combat
Training Unit Trained the 6, 7,8 & 9th Airfield Construction Squadrons at Mount Martha at RAAF Staff School, Mount Martha House, 466 Esplanade, Mount Martha |
| RAAF Staff
School Moved from Mount Martha to Point Cook in November 1945 at RAAF Staff School, Mount Martha House, 466 Esplanade, Mount Martha |
RAA Staff, HQ Second Australian Army |
School for Eastern Interpreters Z Special Unit |
| Second Australian Army Intelligence Section | Second Australian Army Provost Company (1) | Second Australian Army Postal Unit |
| Second Australian Army Cipher Section | Technical
Maintenance Section, Home Forces Signals, renamed 5 Australian Technical Maintenance Section |
Wireless Section, Home Forces Signals |
REFERENCES
"Always First - The RAAF Airfield Construction Squadrons 1942 - 1974" by David Wilson
"An Interesting Point - A History of Military Aviation at Point Cook 1914 - 2104" by Steve Campbell-Wright
"The Unit Guide - The Australian Army 1939 - 1943" by Graham McKenzie-Smith AM
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