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6 Repair and Salvage Unit (6 RSU)

Details:

Title

6 Repair and Salvage Unit (6 RSU),

Collection

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

Date

0000-00-00,

Location

Fenton,

Nation of service

Australia,

Service

Air Force,

Service branch

Maintenance,

Unit

6 Repair and Salvage Unit (6 RSU),

Alternative unit name

6 Return and Salvage Unit (6 RSU),

Date arrived in NT

1944-02-23,

Date left the NT

1945-06-17,

History

The Unit was formed at Mt. Druitt, New South Wales, 10 April 1944 and moved to Fenton, 23 February 1944. The Unit was relocated to Morotai in the Moluccas 30 June 1945 and subsequently Balikpapan on the island of Borneo, in the Indonesian province of East Kalimantan 24 July 1945. The Unit was disbanded 28 November 1945.,

Notes

Metadata: Attribution International 4.0 (CC-BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0,

Language

English,

Subject

Second World War, 1939-1945, Royal Australian Air Force, Repair and salvage, 6 Return and Salvage Unit (6 RSU), Air Force, Australia, 6 Repair and Salvage Unit (6 RSU),

File type

image/jpeg,

Use

No known copyright,

Copyright owner

Australian War Memorial,

License

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

Related links

https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C286212 [Australian War Memorial : Photograph NWA0514, Second World War, 1939-1945], http://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/Imagine.asp?B=1359931 [RAAF Unit History sheets p.55 - NAA: A9186, 371], https://trove.nla.gov.au/list/35392 [6 Return and Salvage Unit (6 RSU)],

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/844640,

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/844864