MILITARY UNITS
AT ADELAIDE RIVER, NT
DURING WW2
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1 Australian Farm Company, AASC |
1st Australian Field Survey Section, Royal Australian Engineers |
2 Torpedo Maintenance Unit RAAF (2TMU) |
| 2 Mil Hist & Inf Sec | 2 Camp Hosp | 3 Coy AASC |
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5 Rapid Development and Installation Unit (5 RIMU) |
6 Inf Div Empl Pl |
9 Army Tps Coy |
| 11 Australian War Graves Unit | 11 Signals Unit RAAF |
13 L of C Salvage Section Camp (or 13 Salv Unit) |
| 19 Inf Bde Empl Pl | 22 Radar RAAF |
27th Australian Infantry Battalion (The SA Scottish Regiment) |
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28th Australian Infantry Battalion |
37 Baking Adelaide River Field Bakery |
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51 Fd Amn Depot (or 51 FAD RSD Camp) |
54 Fd Pk Coy | 81 Fd Ord Depot |
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101 Adv Dep Med Stores |
115 Mob Bath Unit |
116 Mob Bath Unit |
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119 Australian General Hospital (119 AGH) |
121 AGT COY |
135th Medical Regiment |
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150 Radar Station |
No. 161 Radar
Station |
No. 321 Radar
Station |
| 997th Signal Service Battalion | AACS (Australian Army Canteens Service) | Area Headquarters Camp - Adelaide River |
| Army Farm No 2 (White Russia) | Abattoirs Mount Bundy | BIPOD (Bulk Issue Petrol and Oil Depot) |
| Camp Hospital - Adelaide River | C Sec 8 Inf Div Amn Sub Pk | Convalescent Depot |
| Det 4 Pnr Lab Coy | Det 3 Fd Butchery | Det Adv Ord Wksp |
| Details Depot Adelaide River | Dist Sup Depot (Adelaide River) | Engineer Intelligence Section at Brooks |
| Fd Post Office No 137 |
Fleet Radio Unit Adelaide River US Navy |
FSD Camp |
| Gas Camps RAAF | HQ 11 Sup Pers Coy | HQ 12 Fd Bakery |
| NT Force Bulk Issue Pet & Oil Dep | NT Force Farm Sec | NT Force Amb Train |
| NT Force Fd Svy Sec | NT Force Graves Reg & Enq Unit | ORD Workshop 9 AOVP |
| Power House - Adelaide River number 1 | RAAF Adelaide River, aerodrome | RAE Camp |
| RAN Snake Creek | RAN Transmitting
Station (Small transmitter associated with Royal Australian Navy W/T Station Coonawarra) |
Rear HQ NT Force |
| RTO Adelaide River | Survey Section, 6 Australian Army Topo, Survey Company | United States Nav y- Royal Australian Navy, Wireless Telegraph Station |
| United States 145
Hospital (Previously at Birdum - 11 Signals Unit RAAF took over their camp area at Birdum) |
US Base Sec No 1 Adv HQ | War Graves Unit Camp |
| Works COY, Laundry |
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This page first produced 7 June 2000
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