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1 Airfield Construction Squadron

Details:

Title

1 Airfield Construction Squadron,

Collection

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

Date

0000-00-00,

Location

Pine Creek, Coomalie Creek, Fenton, Berrimah, Strauss, Hughes, Livingstone, Millingimbi, Batchelor, McDonald, Gorrie, Brooks Creek,

Nation of service

Australia,

Service

Air Force,

Service branch

Engineers,

Unit

1 Airfield Construction Squadron,

Alternative unit name

1 Mobile Works Squadron,

Parent unit

61 Works Wing (Airfield Construction),

Date arrived in NT

1942-07-06,

Date left the NT

1945-01-22,

History

Formed at Ascot Vale in Victoria on 6 April 1942. Moved to Flemington 20 April 1942. Moved to Pine Creek 6 July 1942. Renamed 1 Airfield Construction Squadron 20 July 1944. Departed for Morotai 22 January 1945. Departed Morotai for Tarakan 27 April 1945. Disbanded 30 November 1945.,

Notes

Metadata: Attribution International 4.0 (CC-BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0, Dates: -- Pine Creek, 6 July 1942 -- Coomalie Creek, 26 January 1945,

Language

English,

Subject

Second World War, 1939-1945, Airfields, Construction, Maintenance, Royal Australian Air Force, Air force, Australia, 1 Mobile Works Squadron, 1 Airfield Construction Squadron,

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/10070/55110 [PictureNT : PH0423/0010, Soldiers on the move, Richard Opie Collection], https://vwma.org.au/explore/units/3223 [Virtual War Memorial Australia : No. 1 Airfield Construction Squadron],

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/844539,

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/844743