Royal Navy
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Royal Australian Air Force
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Bankstown
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Australia
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Warrington
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, in October 1944. The duties of HMS ''Nabberley'' were changed from that of a MONAB to that of a Receipt and Dispatch Unit shortly after formation causing some administration problems. Due to accommodation issues 600 ratings were based at , in
Warrington
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. HMS ''Nabberley'' commissioned as an independent command on 18 November 1944.
The stores, equipment and vehicles sailed from
Gladstone Dock
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Liverpool
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on 20 November upon (LS 1974) and personnel of MONAB II, in company with elements from and other units sailed from Liverpool upon on 22 December 1944 for passage to Australia.
carrying an advance party of MONAB II arrived in Sydney on 1 December 1944. The advance party arrived at RAAF Bankstown in Sydney, together with 16 crated aircraft (8 Corsair IIs and 8 Martinet TT.Is) requestioned from the Royal Navy Aircraft Depot at
Cochin
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. The aircraft were assembled with RAAF assistance and the first aircraft assembled (Corsair II JT537) was test flown on 18 January 1945.
After the main party arrived in Sydney on 25 January 1945, some proceeded directly to Bankstown, however most were temporarily accommodated
Warwick Farm Racecourse
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( Camp Warwick), a part of , the Royal Navy barracks in Sydney, until accommodation was sorted out.
RAAF Bankstown was officially transferred on a loan basis to Royal Navy on 27 January 1945 and stores and equipment began to arrive at the station. The base was commissioned as HMS ''Nabberley'', RNAS Bankstown on 29 January 1945.
The personnel began assembling crated aircraft and carrying out pre-issue test flights as a Receipt and Dispatch Unit. A total of 2,500 test flights were undertaken during the operation of HMS ''Nabberley''.
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On 23 August 1945 the aircraft from the disbanded
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* January 7 – anchors off the Chonos Archipelago on her second voyage, with Charles Darwin on board as naturalist.
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squadrons were delivered from for disposal.
HMS ''Nabberley'', MONAB II, was paid off on 31 March 1946. The airfield returned to RAAF control.
Commanding officers
* Commander E. P. F. Atkinson, 18 November 1944
Units based at HMS ''Nabberley''
* 723 Fleet Requirements Unit (28 February–1 May 1945)
* 724 Naval Air Communications Squadron
* Aircraft Erection Unit
* Aircraft Equipping & Modification Unit
* Aircraft Storage Unit
* Maintenance, Storage & Repair 3, 4, 7 & 8
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