1st Australian Army Ordnance Corps Training Battalion

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Brief History

In March 1943 the ordnance training depots at Enoggera, Liverpool and Bendigo were closed and a centralised unit 1st Australian Army Ordnance Corps Training Depot at Hume in Victoria. In April this unit was renamed as the 1st Australian Army Ordnance Corps Training Battalion. The 2nd Australian Army Ordnance Corps Training Depot located at Northam in Western Australia was initially retained before it too was closed in September 1943 with all future training to be undertaken at Hume.

With the reducing number of recruits arriving for training the unit was reduced in January 1945 to 1st Australian Army Ordnance Corps Training Company. The unit was about to move to Bonegilla when the war ended in August 1945.

Unit Personnel

• Arthur George Shepherd 21 Jul - 20 Nov 1944

Notes

Content has come from The Unit Guide - Volume 5 - The Australian Army 1939-1945, page 5.448 - Graham R McKenzie-Smith - Big Sky Publishing - 2018