9th Advanced Ordnance Depot
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Brief History
This unit originated in June 1942 as the 51st Forward Ordnance Depot at Alice Springs, with the role of servicing the convoy route towards Darwin. Withthe reorganisation of Ordnance units in January 1943 the unit's name changed to 11th Line of COmmunication Sub Area Ordnance Depot which had a detachment in Mt Isa in April 1943. In October they were again reorganised, this time their title was 9th Advanced Ordnance Depot and they administered a detachment for the 5th Advanced Ammunition Depot. ZThis detachemtn was absorbed into the 9th Advanced Ordnance Depot in November 1944. With convoy traffic reduced, the depot was downsized to 4 officers and 50 men in January 1945 and it operated at that level until hte end of the war.
Unit Personnel
- Robert William Murphy 3 Sep 1942 - 16 Jan 1944
Notes
Content has come from The Unit Guide - Volume 5 - The Australian Army 1939-1945, page 5.333 - Graham R McKenzie-Smith - Big Sky Publishing - 2018