No. 11 Works Supply Unit RAAF

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Brief History

No. 11 Works Supply Unit was formed at Gawler, South Australia, on 16 Jan 1943. The Unit was established to provide salvage work and sawmills for refabricated building construction, to drill bores for water supply and administer general distribution of stores and fuel. On 16 Mar 1943 the Unit was moved to Pine Creek south of Darwin in the Northern Territory under the control of North-Western Area. They provided a permanent water supply for the base and established two sawmills, one at Pine Creek and the other at Edith River to provide material for prefabricated buildings.

On 12 July 1943 the Salvage Section movesd to Darwin to undertake salvage work on RAAF Base Darwin. They also ran a farm producing tomatoes, beans, cabbage, lettuce, pumpkins, eggs and goats milk. A piggery was also established. On 1 Dec 1943 the unit moved from Pine Creek to Nine Mile Creek, while the Edith River mill continued to operate.

On 4 Sep 1944 the Unit was disbanded. All records were despatched to 61 Airfield Construction Wing Headquarters. Equipment was transferred to 14 Airfield Construction Squadron.

Unit Personnel

• Albert Ernest Jolly 13 Mar 1943 - 1 Sep 1944

Notes

Content has come from Units of the Royal Australian Air Force - A Concise History - Volume 9 Ancillary Units - Australian Government Publishing Service - 1995 pages 152 & 153