22nd Australian Mechanical Equipment Park Company

24 Aug 1945 at Rocklea, Qld. Members of the 22nd Mechanical Equipment Park Coy RAE in front of pines of timber. AWM photo 072922

Brief History

Following a restructure, in may 1944 the 22nd Australian Mechanical Equipment Park Company was formed out of the 2/2nd Railway Construction Company (Mechanical Equipment at Adelaide River and it then moved to Winnellie in June. In July they joined those troops charged with preparing transit camps for the troops that were to undertake the invasion of Ambon Island in the Dutch East Indies. When this invasion was abandoned, the unit moved to Granville in Sydney in November 1944, and then to Rocklea in Queensland in January 1945. From here they managed all mechanical equipment being sent to forward areas for the rest of the war.

Unit Personnel

• Alfred (Henry) Martin 23 Aug - 29 Oct 1944

Notes

Content has come from The Unit Guide - Volume 3 - The Australian Army 1939-1945, page 3.566 - Graham R McKenzie-Smith - Big Sky Publishing - 2018