4th Australian Line Section

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Brief History

The 4th Line Section (AIF) was raised at Seymour in Victoria in August 1940 as part of 1 Company, 1st Australian Corps Signals. It left for the Middle East in December and in January 1941 it was at Amiriya in Egypt. In March 1941 they moved to Tobruk to join the 9th Australian Infantry Division during the seige to help maintain lines to all parts of the fortress. In December 1941 they left Tobruk, and in February 1942 they left the Middle East for Australia.

Arriving in Adelaide in March 1942 they were sent to join the 1 Company, FAA Signals in Toowoomba, Queensland where they were split to form 13th Line Section, (see eparate unit entry), and 14th Line Section. The 14th Line Section was allocated to join the Cape York Project in September and they moved to North Queensland in August, responsible for upgrading the line between Cooktown and Thursday Island. In November 1942 they returned to Toowoomba to work on projects in South Queensland, in places like Giles, Charleville, Morven and Windera. In May 1942 they moved back north to Mareeba before moving on to Atherton after a reshuffle dof Signals units.

In January 1945 they moved to Lae in New Guinea to join 1st Company, 19th Line of Communications Signals. In May they moved to Madang to work withNorthern Command RAAF.

Unit Personnel

• Steven Ralph Cox 13 Oct 1944 - 13 AUg 1945

Notes

Content has come from The Unit Guide - Volume 4 - The Australian Army 1939-1945, page 4.435 - Graham R McKenzie-Smith - Big Sky Publishing - 2018