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    transmission stations: Radar 1 near Longreach, Queensland, Radar 2 near Laverton, Western Australia and Radar 3 near Alice Springs, Northern Territory....
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    May 2014. On 2 November 1942, Anson DG919 of 67 Squadron RAAF (attached Laverton) crashed at Mallacoota Airfield in Victoria, Australia, killing crew members...
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    July 1921 at RAAF Point Cook, Victoria, it relocated to the nearby RAAF Laverton in March 1926. As well as servicing aircraft and other equipment, in its...
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    Australian Air Board directly controlled the Air Force via RAAF Station Laverton, RAAF Station Richmond, RAAF Station Pearce, No. 1 Flying Training School...
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    Roads & Maritime Services (Press release). 22 March 2012. Retrieved 18 May 2012. Work was suspended in November 2011 and since then Roads & Maritime Services...
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  • all cases in the outbreak are linked to a cooling tower in the suburb of Laverton North. 10 August – A 24-year-old man is allegedly stabbed at a caravan...
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    archived from the original (PDF) on April 29, 2011 Urbański, Tadeusz (1967), Laverton, Silvia (ed.), Chemistry and Technology of Explosives, vol. III, translated...
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  • Cambodia, East Timor and Indonesia. The squadron was formed at RAAF Station Laverton, Victoria, in March 1942, and equipped with Douglas DC-2s, among other...
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    Japanese positions. Following these attacks the squadron was withdrawn to Laverton in July, subsequently conducting patrols off New South Wales and Victoria...
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    Williamstown are Kororoit Creek Road leading westward toward Altona and Laverton and two roads which head northward to Newport and Spotswood, namely Douglas...
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    aircraft was used by the Aircraft Research and Development Unit (ARDU), at Laverton, Victoria, Australia from 1948 to 1950. It was mainly used for evaluation...
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    undercarriage, raised tail unit and rear loading ramp. Coastguarder – A maritime patrol version. 748 Andover – Military passenger transport versions of...
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    payments to maritime unions (1974–1976) to inquire into and report upon certain incidents in which Aborigines were involved in the Laverton area (1975–1976)...
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    Commonwealth Oil Refineries, which built the Australian's first refinery in Laverton, Victoria. In 1923, Burmah employed Winston Churchill as a paid consultant...
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    David (15 September 2016). "Defence targets Richmond base in Sydney and Laverton base in Melbourne for closure". The Canberra Times. Retrieved 15 September...
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    formed at RAAF Base Laverton on 6 January 1943 with a strength of 180 personnel and 14 Ansons. The squadron operated from Laverton and several other bases...
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    was disbanded in March 1946. No. 201 Flight was formed at RAAF Station Laverton on 10 March 1945 as radio and radar experimentation unit. Its specific...
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  • payments to maritime unions (1974–1976) to inquire into and report upon certain incidents in which Aborigines were involved in the Laverton area (1975–1976)...
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  • to maritime unions (1974–1976) Royal Commission to inquire into and report upon certain incidents in which Aborigines were involved in the Laverton area...
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  • Thumbnail for Richard Williams (RAAF officer)
    Shortly after the AAF's establishment, land was purchased for an air base at Laverton, eight kilometres (five miles) inland of Point Cook, and in July 1921 Williams...
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    Squadron at Laverton on 15 April 1941, and raised to wing commander on 1 July. Equipped with Lockheed Hudsons, the squadron mainly conducted maritime patrols...
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    37th Japanese Army. The aircraft was shipped form Borneo to RAAF Base Laverton, Australia and its fuselage is in the collection of the Australian War...
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    acting as targets; in this role Skyhawks were often deployed to RAAF Base Laverton in Victoria and RAAF Base Pearce in Western Australia. 724 Squadron also...
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  • the rest CAF. No. 1 Squadron relocated from Point Cook to nearby RAAF Laverton on 1 January 1928. The RAAF retired its S.E.5s the same year, and in 1929...
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  • six aircraft based at Richmond and another four based at RAAF Station Laverton near Melbourne. In late December, eight of the squadron's Hudsons were...
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    these defend a floodplain where 1.5 million people work and live. A major maritime route is formed for much of its length for shipping and supplies: through...
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  • Thumbnail for John Balmer
    charge of No. 7 Squadron, flying Hudsons on maritime patrol and convoy escort duties from RAAF Station Laverton, Victoria. Two months later he assumed command...
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  • New Guinea, and the Philippines. The squadron was formed at RAAF Station Laverton, Victoria, in July 1943, and equipped with Lockheed C-60 Lodestars that...
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    next day. Pilots from the squadron ferried more Ansons from RAAF Base Laverton to Bundaberg in early August, and it reached a strength of 18 aircraft...
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  • October 2007. Retrieved 5 October 2010. "The wreck of the Neva". King Island Maritime Trail. King Island Online. Archived from the original on 22 August 2011...
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