4th Australian Divisional Base Depot (AIF) 4th Division Base Depot

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4th Division Base Depot

Location Date
Etaples, France March 1916
Harfleur, France (near Le Havre) June 1917
Disbanded, Wetsren Front, France 15 December 1917

 

Men arriving in France, whether reinforcements or "casuals" - men returning from hospital - proceeded to Base Depots and thence to their units. All drafts - although they had already been passed in England as fully trained - were subjected to further tests laid down by GHQ, comprising, in 1916, at least ten days additional training. A strict medical check was also carried out. Originally at Etaples, the Australian base depots moved to Harfleur, near Le Havre in June 1917, to save shipping time.

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