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.

[4] The stores, equipment and vehicles sailed from Gladstone Dock, Liverpool on 20 November upon SS Perthshire (LS 1974) and personnel of MONAB II, in company with elements from HMS Nabthorpe and other units sailed from Liverpool upon RMS Athlone Castle on 22 December 1944 for passage to Australia.

[4] 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.

[4] The personnel began assembling crated aircraft and carrying out pre-issue test flights as a Receipt and Dispatch Unit.

724 Naval Air Squadron, the communications unit, left and flew to RNAS Schofields (HMS Nabthorpe), the location of MONAB III.