5th Advanced Reinforcement Depot
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Brief History
First formed in early 1941 as the 8th Military District Training Depot' to supply reinforcements for Port Moresby and Thursday Island it moveed to Toowoomba in late 1941 and to selheim in April 1942 where they were renamed NG Line of Communications Are Training Depot. In July their name changed again to New Guinea Force Advnaced reinforcement Depot, coninuing o supply reinforcements to New Guinea and the Torres Strait. In June 1943 ther name was changed to 5th Australian Advanced Reinforcement Depot and in December 1943 it was expanded to eight Companies, absorbing the 3rd and 4th Advanced Reinforcement Depots. In Decenber1944 they moved to Wacol inBrisbane and in May 1945 became the 5th Australian Reinforcement Depot continuing in theiur role until the end of the war.
Unit Personnel
- Arthur McVeigh 2 May - 5 Jun 1945
- Joseph L Coyle 27 Aug - 23 Sep 1945
Notes
Content has come from The Unit Guide - Volume 6 - The Australian Army 1939-1945, page 6.259 - Graham R McKenzie-Smith - Big Sky Publishing - 2018