DATE | ACTIVITY | NOTES |
19th June 1940 | Date of Enlistment | Port Pirie South Australia - HERE |
6th July 1940 | Reported for Duty | Wayville South Australia - HERE |
6th October 1940 | Relocation | Alice Springs Northern Territory |
12th February 1941 | Promotion | ------Lance Corporal - Mechanist |
6th March 1941 | Promotion | ------Corporal - Fitter |
24th April 1941 | Relocation | Woodville South Australia to Alice Springs Northern Territory |
9th May 1941 | Relocation | Alice Springs Northern Territory to Banka Banka Station - HERE |
5th August 1941 | Relocation | Banka Banka Station Northern Territory to ?? |
10th October 1941 | Promotion | Acting Sergeant |
1st May 1942 | Promotion | ------Rank of Sergeant confirmed |
24th July 1942 | Admitted to Hospital |
Adelaide River Northern Territory - 119 Australian General Hospital - HERE |
3rd August 1942 | Released from Hospital | Adelaide River Northern Territory |
3rd August 1942 | Promotion | Acting Staff Sergeant |
30th January 1943 | Promotion | ------Rank of Staff Sergeant confirmed |
6th March 1943 | Married Eileen Veronica Meers | HERE and HERE |
9th November 1943 | Qualification | #16 Workshops Course - HERE and HERE |
14th June 1944 | Relocation | Queensland |
11th April 1945 | Relocation |
Departed Townsville for Morotai - HERE |
30th May 1945 | Relocation |
Departed Morotai for British North Borneo
- HERE |
30th May 1945 until 11th January 1946 |
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11th January 1946 | Relocation |
Departed Labuan Borneo - HERE
- for Brisbane |
21st January 1946 | Relocation | Brisbane Queensland |
5th April 1946 | Discharge | Hampstead South Australia - HERE |
ABBREVIATION | DETAILS | NOTES |
AASC | Australian Army Service Corps | refer to 10th August 1942 and 27th December 1943 |
AGH | Australian General Hospital | refer to 24th July and 3rd August 1942 |
BN | Battalion | refer to 19th September 1940 |
COY | Company | refer to 10th August 1942 and 27th December 1943 and 14th June 1944 |
DIV |
Division or Divisional and includes units from most branches of the Army |
refer to 7th January 1941 |
DOMF | Darwin Overland Maintenance Force | refer to 19th September, 6th October, and 15th December 1940 |
DSD | ?? | refer to 9th May and 5th August 1941 |
LOC | Line Of Communication | refer to 31st January 1943 |
LOFC | Line Of Communication | refer to 11th February 1943 |
MD | Military District |
In September 1939, the Australian Army was divided
up into eight Military Districts which were mainly based on geographic state boundaries and these were This abbreviation is used frequently in Dad's records below and the Districts mentioned are ... #1 and #4 and #7 ... along with various state names |
MO | Marched Out | refer to 31st January 1943 |
NAD | No Appreciable Disease | refer to 3rd August 1942 |
RO | Routine Orders | refer to 14th June 1944 |
RRD | ?? |
?? "Redbank Reinforcement Depot"
?? refer to 6th / 15th July, and 15th December 1940 and 7th January 1941 |
SA LTD |
South Australia Leave and Transit Depot |
refer to 14th June 1943 and 2nd February 1946 |
SA RR & GDD |
South Australia Recruit Reception and General Details Depot |
refer to 8th February 1946 and 2nd April 1946 |
SOS | Struck Of Strength | refer to 10th August 1942 |
TD | ?? |
?? "Transport Division" ?? refer to 15th July and 27th August 1940 |
TOS |
Taken on Strength (taken into unit / joined) |
refer to 10th August 1942 |
TPT | Transport | refer to 27th December 1943 and 14th June 1944 |
TPT PL | Transport Platoon | refer to 14th June 1944 and 28th December 1945 and 7th / 8th February 1946 |
X List |
Lists members of a unit who are absent ... enables a unit to maintain its establishment strength |
refer to 24th July and 3rd August 1942 and 7th November 1943 |