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Swan Barracks was a military headquarters during the Second World War. [3] Additional wings were added to the eastern and western sides of the complex during the early years of the war. [1] It was the headquarters of the 5th Division. The Australian Army used the complex throughout the Cold War.
Campbell Barracks is an Australian Army base located in Swanbourne, [1] a coastal suburb of Perth, Western Australia. It is named after Lieutenant Colonel J. A. Campbell (1842–1924), former commandant of the Commonwealth Military Forces in Western Australia .
Irwin Barracks is an Australian Army military base located in Karrakatta, a suburb of Perth, Western Australia. It occupies a 62-hectare (150-acre) site on the western side of the Fremantle railway line. [1] It was previously known as Karrakatta Camp and Irwin Training Centre.
Rays was an Australian chain of retail stores in 40 locations across Australia, selling camping, hiking and kayaking equipment, as well as outdoor clothing and footwear. It was founded as Ray's Tent City in Geelong in 1958 by Ray Frost, as a single camping and army disposals store. [1] [2] It rebranded as Ray's Outdoors in 2003.
The Royal Australian Army Ordnance Corps (RAAOC) is the Corps within the Australian Army concerned with supply and administration, as well as the demolition and disposal of explosives and salvage of battle-damaged equipment.
The Australian Defence Force is made up of the Royal Australian Navy, Australian Army and the Royal Australian Air Force. These three military services have numerous military bases situated in all the States and Territories of Australia. Most of Australian Defence Force bases are equipped with Everyman's Welfare Service recreation centres. [1]
The Van Nuys Army & Navy Surplus Store, a former surplus store in Los Angeles, California, United States. A surplus store or disposals store is a business that sells items and goods that are used, purchased but unused, or past their use by date, and are no longer needed due to excess supply, decommissioning, or obsolescence.
In 1946 a number of fires damaged army property. [14] [15] [16] In the post-war era it was a site of large disposal sales. [17] [18] [19] The former army camp is now the site of the Nungarin Heritage Machinery and Army Museum. [20] The former Nungarin railway station building has been relocated to the Bennett Brook Railway at Whiteman Park in ...