3rd Australian Motor Brigade Company AASC
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Brief History
2nd Cavalry Division Supply Column was mobilised at Geelong Racecourse in December 1941 to serve the units defending Melbourne from the west. In February 1942 they moved to the Dandenong area and were renamed 2nd Austalian Motor Division Supply Column in March. AASC units were reorganised in April 1942 and in June this unit was renamed 3rd Australian Motor Brigade Company AASC.
In September they moved to Seymour, and in October it was re-organised to have three transport platoons, a composite platoon, three Relief Driver Increments (RDIs) and a workshop element. In October the unit was allocated to support the 3rd Motor Brigade Group which was sent to Western Australia to join the 1st Armoured Division. The unit arrived in Mullewa, Western Australia in November and in March the Division moved to the Mingenew area to undertake training, with the AASC units at Yandanooka before they moved to Round Hill in August. In September they joined the 2nd Australian Infantry Division and expanded to four transport platoons and then moved to Dandaragan. With little remaining threat to Western Australia, the units concentrated near Perth with the 3rd Australian Motor Brigade AASC moving to Chidlows in January 1944 before they relocated to Wallgroive in NSW where they were disbanded in December 1944.
Unit Personnel
- John James (Jack) Trappitt 19 Jun 1943 - 16 Oct 1944
- Robert Thomas Buckenara 2 Jul 24 Aug 1943
Notes
Content has come from The Unit Guide - Volume 5 - The Australian Army 1939-1945, page 5.075 - Graham R McKenzie-Smith - Big Sky Publishing - 2018