The primary contingent of TAMY I, consisting of twenty-three officers and 1,191 ratings, departed for Australia aboard the SS Stirling Castle on 18 February.
Archerfield served as the airfield, and the aircraft assembly, inspection, repair, radio, and gunnery workshops were situated on Kerry Road.
[3] The principal factors contributing to the completion of only fifty percent of the erection program in May were deficiencies in workshop equipment and spare parts.
[9] 'A' Flight of 1701 Naval Air Squadron, specialising in air-sea rescue (ASR), was transferred from RNAS Maryborough (HMS Nabstock) on 1 November 1945.
However, its duration at this location was brief, as it boarded the escort carrier HMS Striker on 4 November for passage to RNAS Kai Tak, Hong Kong.
[11] 721 Naval Air Squadron was allocated a number of aircraft, which included Vultee Vengeance, Vought Corsair and de Havilland Tiger Moth.
[13] In February 1946, the ship's crew was diminished as around 1,000 personnel were repatriated to the United Kingdom through the Royal Navy Barracks in Sydney.