1st Engineer Stores Base Depot
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Brief History
Formed in Brisbane in late 1939 as he 3rd Workshop & Park Company, by December 1941 it was at peel street, Brisbane with detachments in Townsville and Wallangarra. In August 1942 the unit moved to Frasers paddock at Enoggera. In 1943 they were located at Rocklea where they were to stay until the end of the war. As part of a reorganisation of units in June 1944 their name was changed to 1 Base Stores Company RAE, and then after a further reorganisation on February 1945 they became 1st Engineer Stores Base Depot with platoons at Edmonton, Cluden, Albion an Dinmore.
Unit Personnel
- John Mangan 10 Jul 1944 - 5 Dec 1946
Notes
Content has come from The Unit Guide - Volume 3 - The Australian Army 1939-1945, page 3.508 - Graham R McKenzie-Smith - Big Sky Publishing - 2018