3rd Australian Motor Transport Training Depot

2 May 1944 Bonegilla. Pupils listening to a lecture on motor engine lubrication. AWM 066228

Brief History

It is thought that Southern Command (3 Military District) Motor Transport Training Depot was formed in December 1941 to take over driver training, and that this became Second Aust Army Motor Transport Training Depot in May 1942, and that it moved to Rosanna in September. They were re-organised as Victorian Line of Communication Area Transport Training Depot at Balcombe in October with 16 Officers and 68 ORs. They moved to Darley in January 1943, and then to Bonegilla in April where they were renamed 3rd Australian Motor Transport Training Depot. They continued to operate from Bonegilla until the end of the war.

Trainees

• Maxwell John Buckingham 20 Jul - 2 Sep 1944
• Albert Chamberlain 9 Dec 1944 - 9 Feb 1945
• Mervyn Henry Lees 28 Dec 1944 - 21 Mar 1945

Notes

Content has come from The Unit Guide - Volume 6 - The Australian Army 1939-1945, page 6.281 - Graham R McKenzie-Smith - Big Sky Publishing - 2018