From: http://home.st.net.au/~dunn/ozatwar/canradartechs.htm On 17June 1944, sufficient Canadian radar technical personnel were assembled at Lansdowne Park Barracks in Ottawa. They were known as the Canadian Radar Detachment. The unit comprised:- Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers 4 officers 28 other ranks Royal Canadian Artillery 5 officers 35 other ranks Royal Canadian Army Pay Corps 1 NCO The first group arrived in Sydney on 19 August 1944 on board the SS Fort Dennison. The second group arrived in Melbourne on 6 September 1944 on board the SS William I. Chamberlain. Some of them were to move to the Radar Wing of the Australian School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering in New South Wales, on the east coast of Australia. There they trained Australian personnel on the use of radar units that had been purchased from Canada in 1943. They also assisted with the ongoing maintenance of the new radar equipment. Others were attached to operational radar stations in Austral, New Guinea, Philippines, Cocos Island, Morotai and Borneo...................... Read more at the link above!
