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| caption        = January 1943 El Shatt, Suez, Egypt. Personnel of HQ aif---AIF (ME) Details doing physical training while awaiting embarkation for Australia.
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==Brief History==
In November 1940 when the ''6th Infantry Division'' moved to Egypt it created a Reception Camp at Ikingi Maryut to receive, hold and dispatch to units in the division any reinforcements and returnees from hospitals and courses. When it advanced into Libya in December it left behind a detachment which was to form the permanent '''AIF (ME) Staging Camp'''. They moved to Amiriya in June 1941, and in October to Kantara, remaining there until June 1942 when they moved to Beirut. In July they moved to Alexandria in July and to Sidi Bishr in October. In January 19433 they had moved to Kilo 89 Camp as the 9th Division and associated units prepared for their return to Australia during February 1943.


In January 1944 the unit has appeared at Mareeba in Queensland, moving to Wongabel in March, and in May to Warwick. In September 1944 the unit is at Strathpine and during the following month they were renamed'''1st Base Sub Area Details Depot''' before being absorbed into ''2nd Australian Corps Reception Camp'' which moved to Wongabel. In early 1945 the unit is formed into four detachments, with ''A Detachment'' moving to Morotai in April to join the invasion of Tarakan, ''B Detachment'' to Morotai in April with the Headquarters, ''C Detachment'' to Morotai in May before landing at Labuan , and ''D Detachment'' supporting the invasion of Balikpapan in July. These detachments remined dispersed until the end of the war.





===Passing Through===
* [[James Percy Ray]] 22 Feb - 13 Mar 1941
* [[Charles Henry Walter Hansen]] 3 - 29 May 1941
* [[Norman Rees Willacott MID]] 17 Jun - 18 Jul 1941
* † [[David Robert Gerald Watts]] 26 Jul - 15 Sep 1941
* [[Walter Vivian Ernest Peters]] 12 Sep - 3 Oct 1941
* [[Graeme Patrick Benson]] 4 May to 1 Aug 1942
* [[Edgar Paul Siebner]] 20 - 23 Jul 1942
* [[Edward Arthur Sewell]] 25 - 28 Aug 1942
* [[John Peter Lewis Rymer]] 24 Oct 1942 - 23 Jan 1943

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[[Category:2nd AIF Units]]