No. 1 Embarkation Depot RAAF

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Brief History

Six Embarkation Depots, later known as Personnel Depots, were established by the RAAF during World War 2. The principal function of these Depots was to house personnel awaiting embarkation for overseas posts and to ensure that, before departure, they were medically and dentally fit, vaccinated, inoculated and properly equipped.

No. 1 Embarkation Depot was established at Ransford, Melbourne. In April 1944 the unit's name changed to No. 1 Personnel Depot RAAF.

Personnel proceeding overseas

• Gordon Kevin Johnson 19 Jul - 23 Aug 1942 - to UK
• Tom Shelley Griffiths 22 - 31 Jul 1942 - Sent to the Northern Tewrritory
• † Maxwell Wellman Marsh 5 Feb - 5 Mar 1943
• John Arthur Wainwright 27 Feb - 16 Apr 1942
• † Ernest Ronald William Oliver 27 May - 2 Jun 1943
• John Harold Garnett 26 Feb - 3 Mar 1942 Sent to Northern territory
• Warwick Geoff Samuel Savage 21 Mar - 13 Apr 1943
• Phillip Herbert Martin DFC & Bar 14 Apr 1943
• Ernest John Allen 27- 28 May 1943 Sent to Northern Territory
• Colin Lindsay Ottaway DFC 5 - 14 Jun 1943
• † Greer Winton Ottaway 7 Aug - 11 Aug 1943

Notes

Source of information - Units of the Royal Australian Airforce - A Concise History - Vol 9 Ancillary Units - Australian Government Publishing Service - 1995