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On 2 September 1945, following the end of the Pacific War, South West Pacific Area was dissolved and the RAAF again assumed full control of all its operational elements. The Air Force shrank dramatically as personnel were demobilised and units disbanded; most of the RAAF's bases and aircraft employed
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concerning its ships' movements eastwards out of Western Area was hours out of date by the time it was received at Southern Area Command, leading to RAAF aircraft missing their rendezvous and wasting valuable flying hours searching empty ocean. There had been no U-boat strikes since February, and by
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operated off southern Australia in December 1944 and January 1945, and the few combat units in Southern Area were heavily engaged in the searchβ€”ultimately unsuccessfulβ€”for this submarine and any others in the vicinity. The Ansons were found wanting when it came to night operations, and Southern Area
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operational organisation owing to the preponderance of such forces within its boundaries. The second was re-formed from Southern Area Command, as it was already the hub of training services, controlling those in New South Wales and Queensland as well as Victoria and South Australia. The third and
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The area command continued to operate following the end of the war, becoming the hub of Air Force training services. In October 1953, the RAAF began reorganising its command-and-control system from one based on geography to one based on function; Southern Area was re-formed as
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No. 1 Group, which had been established on 20 November 1939, was re-formed as one of the first two area commands, Southern Area, on 7 March 1940. Headquartered in Melbourne, Southern Area Command was given control of all Air Force units in Victoria,
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headquarters in Melbourne. The transition to a functional system was completed in February 1954, when the three new commands assumed control of all operations, training and maintenance from Western, North-Western, and North-Eastern Area Commands.
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June the naval authorities indicated that there was no pressing need for air cover except for the most important vessels. Eaton led the command through to the surrender of Japan in September, and into December 1945.
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By mid-1941, the RAAF's expanding instructional program necessitated the establishment of overarching training organisations on a semi-functional, semi-geographical basis. Accordingly, on 2 August,
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As of 20 April 1942, operational authority over all RAAF combat infrastructure, including area commands, was invested in the newly established Allied Air Forces Headquarters under
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had to call in aircraft from Eastern Area and from training and maintenance units to buttress its patrol effort. In April, Eaton complained to Bostock that intelligence from
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in Sydney took over training units then under Central Area, which was disbanded; control of other Central Area units was "divided as convenient", according to the
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in operations after the war were situated within Eastern Area's sphere of control in New South Wales and southern Queensland. In September 1946, the
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RAAF area command boundaries in 1947. The geographical command organisation was superseded by a functional control system in 1953–54.
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was formed in Melbourne to assume responsibility for training units within Southern Area's boundaries, and
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in October 1953. The first was re-formed from the existing Eastern Area Command, which was considered a
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Of geographical necessity, the operational responsibilities of the RAAF's southerly areas centred on
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The functional commands established in 1953–54 were revised in 1959. Home Command was renamed
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commanded the area from March 1944 until January 1945, when he handed over to Group Captain
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within its boundaries. From 1942 its operational responsibilities excluded New South Wales.
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was small enough for all its elements to be directly controlled by RAAF Headquarters in
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The Federal government retired Jones in 1952 and replaced him with Air Marshal
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in Melbourne on 14 September. September also saw the formation of
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district of New South Wales. Its inaugural AOC was Air Commodore
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held command of Southern Area from September to December 1941.
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Air Commodore Wrigley, inaugural AOC Southern Area, March 1940
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in 1987, and three years later Support Command split into
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and Training Command. Training Command was re-formed as
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Provisional RAAF area command boundaries, February 1940
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Military units and formations disestablished in 1953
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final functional command was formed from the extant
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The roles of these area commands were 1467: 1443: 1374: 1295: 855: 792:"Many Air Force promotions appointments" 436: 333: 226: 1490: 898: 597:No. 6 (General Reconnaissance) Squadron 580:No. 7 (General Reconnaissance) Squadron 1620: 1559: 1514: 1421: 1397: 1324:; Morris, Ewan; Prior, Robin (2008) . 1089: 1533: 1431:. Canberra: Australian War Memorial. 1346: 1204: 1145: 607:No. 30 (Long Range Fighter) Squadron 1115: 657:No. 2 Fighter Sector Headquarters, 13: 1350:RAAF College & Academy 1947–86 646:No. 9 (Fleet Cooperation) Squadron 542: 523:. 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Index

Map of Australia showing state borders, with RAAF area command boundaries superimposed
Royal Australian Air Force
Melbourne
Henry Wrigley
Adrian Cole
Frank Bladin
Ian McLachlan
Charles Eaton
Allan Walters
Alan Charlesworth
geographically based commands
Royal Australian Air Force
Victoria
Tasmania
South Australia
New South Wales
Melbourne
air defence
aerial reconnaissance
sea lanes
Training Command
Air Force Training Group
RAAF Air Command
Head-and-shoulders portrait of man in light-coloured military uniform with ribbons and pilot's wings on chest, wearing dark peaked cap
Royal Australian Air Force
Melbourne
Victoria
New South Wales
geographically based command-and-control zones
Central Area

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