RAAF WORLD WAR II ROLL OF HONOUR FOR GROUND TRAINING UNITS

The Rolls of Honour for RAAF World War II Ground Training Units are shown in alphabetical order.

Rolls of Honour: RECRUIT DEPOTS

No. 1 Recruit Depot
Raised as Recruit and Technical Training Section, No. 1 Aircraft Depot, at RAAF Station Laverton VIC: 1 March 1935
Redesignated No. 1 Recruit Depot: 2 March 1940
Ascot Vale VIC: 19 September 1941
Shepparton VIC: 12 February 1942

BRAND Roy George 10467
ELLISON Keith Thomas 19781
FREEBURN Roy Marsden 59866
GROVES James Reginald 154063
KEALY Francis Alfred 5344
PAPROTH Leonard Charles 128725
PARTRIDGE Jonathon Charles 78648
PETERSEN Laurence Theodore 122996
SELWAY Ian Lloyd 154213

Disbanded: 31 May 1945

No. 2 Recruit Depot
Raised at RAAF Station Richmond NSW: 8 January 1940
RAAF Station Williamtown NSW: 16 September 1941
Bradfield Park NSW: 3 February 1942
Tocumwal NSW: 4 February 1943
Cootamundra NSW: 16 February 1944

MacDONALD William Campbell 3234
PARKS Jack 162069

Redesignated Care and Maintenance Unit Cootamundra: March 1946

Disbanded: 25 October 1946

No. 3 Recruit Depot
Raised at RAAF Station Amberley QLD: 1 July 1940
Maryborough QLD: 31 March 1942

MANSON George James 23485

Disbanded: 2 June 1943

No. 4 Recruit Depot
Raised at RAAF Station Pearce WA: 1 March 1940
Busselton WA: 10 July 1942

JONES Herbert James 84080
PARBUTT Percy Francis 17525
WANN Robert Edward 29060

Disbanded: 30 September 1945

No. 5 Recruit Depot
Raised at Balmoral VIC: 23 March 1942

McNEIL John Alexander Wilson 58941

Disbanded: 30 September 1944

No. 6 Recruit Depot
Raised at RAAF Station Amberley QLD: 24 August 1942
Sandgate QLD: 1 December 1942
Maryborough QLD: 15 November 1944

MARKEY Thomas 150219

Disbanded: 19 June 1945

Rolls of Honour: SCHOOLS OF TECHNICAL TRAINING

School of Technical Training
Raised within Training Depot at Melbourne VIC: 17 December 1939
Redesignated No. 1 School of Technical Training: 29 January 1940
Exhibition Building, Carlton VIC: 17 March 1941

CARLING Thomas 145624
CARLOSS Don Lionel 28456
CHESTER Donovan Joseph 14178
CLARKE Reginald Allen 10832
COOK Alfred Harold 61773
COURTNEY Robert 2681
EDSON Stewart William 47538
GARTON William Field 59768
GOUGH John Alfred Livingstone 30687
HOGAN Leonard Francis 65816
JONES Leonard Ernest 66821
JONES Ronald Stephen 1992
LEESE Henry John 118515
ROGERS John Frederick 438914
TOBIN James Reid 15989
TONKIN Alan Edward 20540

Disbanded: 22 December 1945

Reraised as Ground Training School at RAAF Station Wagga Wagga NSW: 4 March 1946

Redesignated RAAF School of Technical Training: 1 December 1952

No. 2 Civil Training Centre
Raised at Canberra ACT: 18 December 1939
Redesignated No. 2 School of Technical Training: 5 February 1940
Canberra Technical College, Kingston ACT: 1 July 1940

PERRY Clifford Gordon Parker 60022
SIMONS Bertram 440963

Disbanded: 16 November 1945

No. 5 School of Technical Training
Raised at Perth WA: 31 July 1940

DRYSDALE David 4167
GREENWOOD William Edward 17203
SIBBALD Bruce Eric 81102

Disbanded: 27 September 1945

No. 6 School of Technical Training
Raised at Hobart TAS: 1 August 1940

No casualties

Disbanded: 29 November 1941

No. 7 School of Technical Training
Raised at Geelong VIC: 27 June 1942

HAWKINS Charles William George 142100

Disbanded: 24 September 1945

Rolls of Honour: WOMEN’S AUXILIARY AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE (WAAAF) TRAINING DEPOTS AND SCHOOLS

No. 1 WAAAF Training Depot
Raised at Malvern VIC: 6 May 1941
Corio VIC: 1 January 1942
Toorak VIC: 24 March 1942
Preston VIC: 22 January 1943

LACHLAN Jessie Adeline 99134
LAWLESS Wanda Elizabeth May 90668

Disbanded: 19 October 1945

No. 2 WAAAF Training Depot
Raised at Robertson NSW: 13 February 1942
Bradfield Park NSW: 7 March 1942

No casualties

Disbanded: 18 February 1943

No. 3 WAAAF Training Depot
Raised at Karrinyup WA: 24 April 1942

No casualties

Disbanded: 24 March 1945

No. 5 WAAAF Training Depot
Raised at Bradfield Park NSW: 4 February 1942
Penrith NSW: 30 July 1944

No casualties

Disbanded: 6 November 1945

WAAAF School of Administration
Melbourne VIC

WIPER Vera Matilda 96957

Rolls of Honour: OTHER RAAF and RAF GROUND TRAINING UNITS

Equipment Training School
Raised at RAAF Station Laverton VIC: 30 November 1942

LEONARD Rita May 97027

Moved to Ascot Vale VIC and subsumed by No. 1 Engineering School: 29 April 1944

Medical Training Unit
RAAF Station Laverton VIC
Preston VIC

No casualties

RAAF School of Languages
Sydney NSW

No casualties

RAAF Staff College
Raised at Mount Martha VIC: 28 September 1943

GRANT George Beresford 261513

RAAF Station Point Cook VIC: June 1949
RAAF Base Fairbairn ACT: 12 December 1960

No. 1 Radio School
Raised at RAAF Station Richmond NSW: 4 August 1941
Maryborough QLD: November 1944

PENGELLY Douglas Bruce 43685

Disbanded: 26 November 1945

School of Administration
Raised at RAAF Station Laverton VIC: 9 August 1940
Ascot Vale VIC: 27 December 1941
Carlton VIC: 21 February 1942

SOMERVILLE James Frederick 1953

STUCKEY John Henry 10767

Victor Harbour SA: 3 December 1944

Subsumed into No. 5 Medical Rehabilitation Unit: 30 November 1945

Aircrew Officers and Non Commissioned Officers School
Watsonia VIC

HILLS John 65589

School of Photography
RAAF Station Point Cook VIC
Canberra ACT

No casualties

Disbanded: 24 September 1945

No. 1 Signals School
Raised at RAAF Station Point Cook VIC: 1 August 1940

DORAN Thomas Joseph 19465
HICKMAN William Rupert 68100
McNAUGHTON Ronald William 59965
SMITH Frank Gordon 125263
THOMAS Leonard Albert 122681

Disbanded: 20 November 1945

Ground Training School
RAAF Station Wagga Wagga NSW

MacKINNON Alexander Alwyn 168336

RAAF MEMBER IN RAF GROUND TRAINING UNIT

No. 4 School of Technical Training

KIDNEY Walter Charles 433003

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