Please search through radar units & COs active from 1937 to 1947 below.
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Unit: 317RS |
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Unit Title: Radar Station |
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| 1943-03-01 | Unit Formed at Mascot NSW | |
| 1943-04-04 | Unit commences departure by air(1) | |
| 1943-04-06 | Unit starts arriving at old Drysdale River Mission | |
| 1943-04-09 | All personnel on site | |
| 1943-04-10 | Radar site prepared(2) | |
| 1943-04-21 | Radar erected and tested | |
| 1943-04-23 | Radar operational daylight hours only | |
| 1943-04-25 | Continuous operations commenced | |
| 1943-06-02 | Unit fully operational | |
| 1943-09-27 | Enemy air raid near unit(4) | |
| 1943-10-09 | Unit moves radar to new site(5) | |
| 1943-12-19 | BL4 Interrogator operational | |
| 1943-12-22 | Missing Spitfire located using unit plots(6) | |
| 1944-01-03 | Radar moved to tower(3) | |
| 1944-01-05 | Operations commence on tower | |
| 1944-04-09 | Operations ceased for relocation | |
| 1944-04-11 | Barges depart for Sir Graham Moore Island WA | |
| 1944-04-12 | Radar operational on new site | |
| 1944-11-15 | LORAN equip begins arriving on island | |
| 1944-11-25 | LORAN personnel begin arriving | |
| 1945-11-01 | Unit cease operations(7) | |
| 1945-12-03 | Unit arrives in Darwin NT | |
| 1946-04-18 | Unit officially disbanded | |