13th Australian Advance Ordnance Depot
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Brief History
Formed in Charters Towers, Qeensland from a detachment of the 2/4 Ordnance Stores Company during December 1942 as the 125th Australian Forward Ornance Depot. They relocated to Ravenshoe to service the units returning from New Guinea. With the arrival of a large draft of men in February 1943 the unit was reorganised as teh 13th Australian Advanced Ordnance Depot IN March they moved to Tolga and with extra staff formed the 17th Ordnance Stores Company , with staffing of the two units now totalling 332 men. In mid 1944 a detachment was working the wharf in Cairns and later a vehicle detachnebt at Edmonton.
With the decrease in militay personnel moving through Townsville, ordnance unit sbegan to be amalgamated, and disbanded.At war's end in AUgust 1945 the unit comprised a headquarters unit, two Motor Transport Spares section, three clothing & general sections, two technical stores sections, one proision section, four clerical increments and five stores increments.
Unit Personnel
- Roy Lance Cornell 19 Jun 1945 - 9 Jun 1946
Notes
Content has come from The Unit Guide - Volume 5 - The Australian Army 1939-1945, page 5.336 - Graham R McKenzie-Smith - Big Sky Publishing - 2018