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Light Aid Detachments (LAD)

Light Aid Detachments were small elements of Workshop units, comprising one officer and 20-30 enlisted personnel who provided 2nd Line repair and recovery support to forward units in a formation (Brigade).  They augmented the repair and recovery resources (referred to as '1st Line') within the units of the Brigade.

The LAD would comprise a number of specialist trades determined by the nature of the Brigade unit's principal equipment (particularly numbers and types of vehicles and armaments).

A summary of 2nd AIF LADs is as follows:

2nd/39th, 2nd/40th, 2nd/41st, 2nd/42nd, 2nd/43rd, 2nd/44th , 2nd/45th, 2nd/46th, 2nd/47th, 2nd/48th, 2nd/49th LAD

2nd/50th 2nd/51st, 2nd/42nd, 2nd/53rd, 2nd/54th, 2nd/55th, 2nd/56th, 2nd/57th, 2nd/58th, 2nd/59th LAD

2nd/60th 2nd/61st, 2nd/62nd, 2nd/63rd, 2nd/64th, 2nd/65th, 2nd/66th, 2nd/67th, 2nd/68th, 2nd/69th LAD

2nd/70th, 2nd/71st, 2nd/72nd, 2nd/73rd, 2nd/74th, 2nd/75th, 2nd/76th, 2nd/77th, 2nd/78th, 2nd/79th LAD

2nd/80th, 2nd/81st, 2nd/82nd, 2nd/83rd, 2nd/84th, 2nd/85th, 2nd/86th, 2nd/87th, 2nd/88th, 2nd/89th LAD

2nd/90th, 2nd/91st, 2nd/92nd, 2nd/93rd, 2nd/94th, 2nd/95th, 2nd/96th, 2nd/97th, 2nd/98th, 2nd/99th LAD

2nd/100th, 2nd/101st, 2nd/102nd, 2nd/103rd, 2nd/104th, 2nd/105th, 2nd/106th, 2nd/107th, 2nd/108th LAD