MILITARY UNITS
AT HAMILTON, VIC

DURING WWII

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1 Armoured Car Regiment (Wimmera) Training (1941 only) 2 Cavalry Division Field Hygiene Section
2 Light Field Hygiene Section
3 Aust Prisoner of War Control Company
aka POW Control Centre Holding Company (Murchison)
3 HQ Section (Carrier Pigeon)
HQ 3 Aust Pigeon Section
3 Aust Pigeon Section
6 Supply Personnel Company (DID Detail Issue Depot) 7 Auxiliary Horse Transport Company
9 VDC Battalion Headquarters 20 Carrier Pigeon Loft
(Moved to Maryborough, VIC in Mar 1943)
24 Aust Camp Hospital
Camp Hospital Hamilton
208 Light Aid Detachment 288 Aust Light Aid Detachment Armament School RAAF
Southern Command Intelligence Section    

 

REFERENCES

Hamilton History Centre World War 2 Brieflets

Hamilton Remembers World War Two (1939-1945)

"The Unit Guide - The Australian Army 1939 - 1945" by Graham R. McKenzie-Smith AM

 

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

I'd like to thank Vincent Staggard for his assistance with this web page.

 

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This page first produced 6 June 2000

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