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5 Replenishing Centre

Details:

Title

5 Replenishing Centre,

Collection

WWII Military Units, HistoryNT, Second World War, 1939-1945,

Date

0000-00-00,

Location

Batchelor, Katherine, Green Ant Creek, Batchelor, Frances Bay,

Nation of service

Australia,

Service

Air Force,

Service branch

Logistics,

Unit

5 Replenishing Centre,

Subordinate units

Detachment A Chemical Warfare Section,

Date arrived in NT

1942-06-22,

Date left the NT

1945-05-08,

History

The Unit was raised at Batchelor 22 June 1942. It moved to Katherine 15 July 1942 and then Green Ant Creek 20 August 1943. Detachment A Chemical Warfare Section at 88 Mile which was transferred to 5 Central Reserve at Frances Bay in January 1945. The Unit relocated to Batchelor 1 March 1944 and left the Northern Territory for Morotai in the Moluccas 8 May 1945. It was disbanded 23 November 1945,

Notes

Metadata: Attribution International 4.0 (CC-BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0, Dates: -- Batchelor 22 June 1942 to 15 July 1942 -- Katherine 15 July 1942 to 20 August 1943 -- Green Ant Creek 20 August 1943 to 1 March 1944 -- Batchelor 1 March 1944 to 8 May 1945,

Language

English,

Subject

Second World War, 1939-1945, Royal Australian Air Force, Logistic stores supply, Chemical warfare, Detachment A Chemical Warfare Section, Air Force, Australia, 5 Replenishing Centre, Detachment A Chemical Warfare Section,

File type

image/tiff,

Use

No known copyright,

Copyright owner

Library & Archives NT,

License

https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/pubic-domain/pdm,

Related links

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/34974 [PictureNT : PH0478/0011, Tents, Max Kenyon Collection], https://trove.nla.gov.au/list/35217 [5 Replenishing Centre],

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/844628,

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/844628

Related items

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/844862,