At The Beginning There Was..... - 3 Telecommunications

Following WWII, 3 Telecommunications Unit was established on a site several kilometers from RAAF Pearce in Western Australia.

The following is a brief history of the birth of the Unit.

FORMATION
ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE
ORGANISATION MEMORANDUM NO 1081

NO 3 TELECOMMUNICATION UNIT – FORMATION (151/2/1204)

1. No 3 Telecommunication Unit will form at RAAF Station Pearce, to Establishment HD-1072 on 15th October, 1946, as a separate Air Force Unit within the command of Headquarters, Western Area, and will be a lodger unit on RAAF Station Pearce.

2. Functional control of No 3 Telecommunication Unit will be exercised by Air Force Headquarters.

3. The postal address will be:- No 3 Telecommunication Unit, RAAF., PEARCE, WA.

4. The signal address will be "3TELU"

3rd October 1946
(OD.385/46)
(Signed by W.L. Hely
Group Captain, D.O.S.D.

BUILDING THE AERIAL FARM AT 3TU

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