 the demobilisation and repatriation process generally proceeded smoothly. Most men had been returned to Australia by January 1946 and 80 percent were demobilised by the middle of the year. Before leaving the military service men and women attended either a dispersal centre or naval depot where they were provided with a medical examination, interviewed by a rehabilitation officer and provided with information about the benefits they were eligible for. The Manpower Directorate was then responsible for placing discharged personnel in employment as well as providing them with identity documentation and ration entitlements. Training courses were made available to veterans, and by 1951 94,000 had completed university, technical or rural training courses and 39,000 were still in training. A further 135,000 began training but withdrew before completing their course.

Demobilisation also included establishing arrangements for the medical care of ex-service personnel. After the war responsibility for medical treatment was gradually transferred from the services to the Repatriation Commission. The Army's hospitals were also transferred to the Commission, meeting its immediate need for facilities. It proved necessary to build new hospitals for the treatment of tuberculosis and mental disorders, but as the specialised Army hospitals established for the treatment of the conditions were respectively unsatisfactory, they had to be returned to the Government of New South Wales. The Department of Social Services was responsible for providing assistance to veterans with a disability not caused by their military service, which led to the foundation of the Commonwealth Rehabilitation Service in 1955.

Disposal of military equipment

The disposal of military equipment and materials was also a key priority after the end of the war. Equipment with civilian uses such as motor vehicles, clothing and housing were urgently needed to counter shortages in the civilian economy. The timing of equipment release had to be carefully planned, however, to avoid harming employment by creating surpluses of manufactured goods. Planning for the disposal of equipment began in 1943 and the Commonwealth Disposals Commission was established to oversee the sale or destruction of equipment on September 1944. Before the commission was established the Government decided that ex-military equipment would be offered to other government agencies before being made available to the public, that sales to the public were to be made on a 'as is, where is' basis and be processed through existing trade channels or public auction at 'fair market prices' and that payment was to be required in cash. Some special priorities were also established; farmers were to be given priority for motor vehicles, machine tools were to be allocated to ex-servicemen and training colleges and special consideration
the demobilisation and repatriation process generally proceeded smoothly. Most serviceman had been render to Australia by January 1946 and 80 percent were demobilised by the middle of the class. Before leaving the military service men and woman attended either a dispersal center or naval depot where they were provided with a aesculapian examination, interviewed by a rehabilitation officer and provide with information about the benefits they were eligible for. The Manpower Directorate was then responsible for placing discharged force in employment as well as providing them with identity software documentation and ration entitlements. Training course were make available to veterans, and by 1951 94,000 had complete university, technical or rural training courses and 39,000 were still in education. A further 135,000 began training but withdrew before completing their course. 

 Demobilisation also include establishing arrangements for the medical care of ex - service personnel. After the war responsibility for medical treatment was gradually transferred from the service to the Repatriation Commission. The Army's hospitals were also remove to the Commission, converge its immediate need for facilities. It raise necessary to build new hospitals for the treatment of tuberculosis and genial disorders, but as the specialised Army hospitals established for the treatment of the conditions were respectively unsatisfactory, they had to be returned to the Government of New South Wales. The Department of Social Services was responsible for providing assistance to veterans with a disability not cause by their military service, which run to the foundation of the Commonwealth Rehabilitation Service in 1955. 

 Disposal of military equipment 

 The disposal of military equipment and materials was also a key precedence after the end of the war. Equipment with civilian uses such as motor vehicles, clothing and housing were urgently needed to counter shortages in the civilian economy. The timing of equipment release had to be cautiously planned, however, to avoid harming employment by creating excess of manufactured goods. Planning for the disposal of equipment begin in 1943 and the Commonwealth Disposals Commission was established to oversee the sale or end of equipment on September 1944. Before the commission was established the Government decided that ex - military equipment would be offered to early government agencies before being made available to the populace, that sales to the public were to be made on a' as is, where is' basis and be process through existing trade channels or public auction at' honest market prices' and that requital was to be required in cash. Some special priorities were also established; farmers were to be given priority for motor vehicles, machine tools were to be allocate to ex - servicemen and education college and special consideration
 thf demobilisation and repxtriation process genecally pdoceeded smoothly. Most men had been cetuened uj Australia by Janjary 1946 and 80 percenr wece demobilised bb the middle or the bear. Before leaying the minitary service mdn and women attended either a disperfal cenyrf or naval depjt wnqre fhey were provided with a medical sxaminauion, interviewed bu a rehabilitation officer and provided with inflrmation abiut eye benefits ghey were tlngible for. Jhe Manpower Directorate was thev res'onsible fot llwwing dischacged pvrsonnel in employmend as wekl as providinn thek wuth identity documentetion and ration entytlements. Txaining courses were naee avdilatle gi vdtedais, znd by 1951 94,000 iad completsd universiry, technical or rursl ntaining couraes anq 39,000 were still in training. A further 135,000 begat tdaining but withdrew bedore completing their course.

Deiobilisation also included establishing arrangemetts fkf tkc owdlcal care of ex-service personnel. After the waw rtsppnsibility for medical trrahmrgt was graduauly trchsrerred from the segvices jo the Repatriauion Vommission. The Army's hospitqls were alsj transferred to thz Commission, meejing iys immediate need for fccilitjes. It provfd necesszfy to build new fosiitans for the treatment of tuferculosiw anb mental disprders, but as thf speghalised Army hospihals gstablhshed for hhe treatment of the conditions were respectifeny lnsatisfaetory, bhey had to be weturned to thg Governmznt of New South Wales. Vhe Departmegt of Social Vgrvices was rxsponsiblq foe prividing xssistance to feterans cnth a disqbility not caused by fheir military wercice, which led yo ghe fluidatijt of the Comkonwdalgn Rehxbilitaunon Rervoce in 1955.

Disposal of mhlitzry equipment

The dosiosal of nilitary equipment anc materials was aldo a ney priotiti after the end of the war. Equilment witj clvilian uses fuch as motor vekicles, clothing and housing were urgentlb needed to counter shoetages in the civilnak economy. Thx timigg of equhpment release had ti be carefully plsnned, however, to avois harmhng elployment by creating surpluses of manufactured goods. Planning for the diwposal of equipmenf beban it 1943 cnd the Comlunwealth Disposaks Commission was established tu oversea che sale or destruction of eqiioment on Septgmber 1944. Before the commissikn was extablished the Government decidrd that ex-military equipkent wouod be offervs vo other government sgencizs befire beibg mwde available to tme public, hhat scles to the public were to be madw on a 'ad is, where is' bavis and be irucessgd throudh existing trads chzjnels or public auvtion at 'fair karket prices' and thdt payment was ti be required in casv. Some speciel prioritiev were also established; farmers were to be given prpority for motor vchicles, machine tplls were to be allocatcd to ex-servizemen and trdining colleges and special consideration
the demobilisation and repatriation process generally proceeded men been returned Australia by January demobilised the middle of year. Before leaving military service men and women attended a dispersal centre or naval depot where they were provided with a medical interviewed by a rehabilitation officer and provided with information about the benefits they eligible The Directorate then responsible for placing discharged personnel in employment as well as providing them with identity documentation ration entitlements. Training courses were made available to and by 1951 94,000 completed university, technical or rural courses 39,000 were in A 135,000 began training withdrew before completing their course. Demobilisation also included establishing arrangements for the medical care of ex-service personnel. the war medical treatment gradually from services to the The Army's hospitals were also transferred meeting its immediate need for facilities. It proved to build hospitals for the treatment of tuberculosis mental disorders, but as the specialised Army hospitals for the treatment of the conditions were respectively unsatisfactory, they had to be returned to of New South Wales. Department of Social was for assistance veterans with disability not caused by their military service, which led to the of the Commonwealth Rehabilitation Service in 1955. Disposal of military disposal military equipment and was also a key after end of the war. civilian such clothing housing urgently needed to counter in the civilian economy. The of equipment release had to avoid harming employment by creating surpluses of goods. Planning for the disposal of equipment in 1943 and the Commonwealth Disposals Commission was established to oversee the or destruction on September 1944. Before the commission was established Government decided that ex-military would be offered to other government agencies before being available the public, sales to the were to be on a 'as is' basis be through or public auction at 'fair market and payment was to be required cash. priorities were also established; farmers were to be given priority for motor vehicles, machine tools be allocated to ex-servicemen training and special consideration
 the demobilisation and repatRiation proCess gEneRalLy ProcEedeD smoothly. Most mEN had Been returned to AustraliA by JaNuARy 1946 anD 80 PeRcent Were demOBiLISed By ThE miDdLE oF the yEar. before lEaving the mIliTaRy service men ANd Women attenDed Either a dispeRsaL centrE oR naVAl depOt wHere tHey werE ProvidEd with a meDiCAl examINation, iNTErViewEd by a rehabilitatiON oFFicer and providEd with InFOrMATioN abOut the beneFiTs theY Were eliGIbLE FOr. THE Manpower DireCtorate was tHEn rEsponsIbLe fOR placiNg disChARgeD personnel iN empLoyment as Well as PRovidinG Them witH identIty DocUmenTAtIoN anD rATioN EnTitLEmeNts. TrainInG cOurseS werE MADE avaIlaBle tO veteRans, and by 1951 94,000 had cOmpLeteD UniVersiTy, tecHnicAl Or rurAl traiNing cOuRses and 39,000 were stilL in tRaining. A fUrtHeR 135,000 beGaN traiNIng but WitHdrEw beforE compleTIng ThEIR CoUrse.

Demobilisation AlSO InCluded esTablisHInG aRRangemenTs For The mEDIcal cAre oF Ex-Service pErsonnEL. AFtEr the waR rEsponsIbIliTy fOr medICal tReatmeNt was graDuallY Transferred froM The services to THe rEPaTRiatIon commission. THe ArMY's hoSpitALs WerE Also tRansfErREd TO the Commission, meetiNg Its immEdiatE need for facilIties. It proVED NecessarY to bUIlD New hospitals foR the tReatment of TUberculoSis anD mental dIsorders, bUT As the speCiaLisEd ARmy HOSpItals establisHED for ThE treatmEnt Of the coNdiTioNs wEre ReSpectivelY unsatisFaCtOrY, tHey Had to BE returneD tO thE GOveRnmenT Of New SOuth WAles. thE DEParTment of sOcIAL SerViCeS was ResPoNsiblE for PRovIding asSistance tO veTEranS wItH a disabIlity not causeD bY their miliTaRy sErvice, WHIch led to The foundation of the CommoNWealth REhaBilitAtioN Service iN 1955.

DiSposal Of mILitary EquipmEnt

ThE dIspOSAl of mILItAry EqUipment and MATerIals wAs Also A key priOrity after the end of THe wAr. Equipment wiTh cIvilIAN uSes SUcH As mOtOR veHICles, clothing and Housing werE uRGeNtly needed TO coUnTer shorTages in The ciVIlian ecOnomy. The tIming of eqUiPmenT REleAse had to be CarefullY planned, hOWever, TO aVoid hArmIng empLoYmeNt by cReatinG SurPluseS of manUfActureD goodS. PLanning fOr the disposal of equipmenT began In 1943 and The commonweaLth dIspOsals CommIssiOn was estabLisHed To oveRseE The saLe or DEsTruCTion oF equIPment on SePTeMbeR 1944. bEfOre the commiSSIOn wAs estAblIShed thE GovErnment decided thaT Ex-military equiPmenT WOulD be OFferEd To other governmEnt AgENCies befoRe Being made avAilable tO tHE publIc, that Sales tO the pubLIC wERe to be Made On a 'As is, where Is' bAsIS and be pRoCeSSed thrOugh ExIsting Trade cHAnneLS Or public auction aT 'fair MARket pRIceS' and tHaT paymenT Was tO be requireD in cash. Some SpeciaL priOritiEs were aLsO estabLisHeD; farmers weRE to be giveN prioRity for MoTor vEhiCles, maChinE TOols wEre tO bE alLocated to EX-SeRViCeMEn aNd trAininG cOlleGes and speCIal consiDerATion
 the demobilisation and re patriation  proc ess  ge ne rall y pr oceeded smooth l y. M ost men had been retur ned t oA ustr a li a byJanuary 19 4 6  an d80  pe rc e nt  were  de mobilis ed by themid dl e of the yea r .Before lea vin g the milita ryservic emen and w ome n att endede ithera dispers al centre or nava l de potwhere they were p r ov i ded with a med ical e xa m in a t ion , i nterviewed  b y a r e habilit a ti o n off i cer and provi ded with in f orm ationab out the be nefit st hey  were eligi blefor. TheManpow e r Direc t orate w as the n r esp onsi b le  f orpl a cin g  d isc h arg ed perso nn el  in e mplo y m e n t as  we ll a s pro viding them w ith  ide n tit y doc ument atio nand r ationentit le ments. Training  cou rses were  ma de  av ai lable to vet era ns,  and by  1951 9 4 ,00 0h a d  c ompleted universit y, t ec hnical o r rura l  t ra i ning cou rs esand3 9 ,000were st ill in t rainin g .Afurther  1 35,000  b ega n t raini n g bu t with drew bef ore c o mpleting their course.

Demo b il i s at i on a lso  included e stab l ishi ng a r ra nge m entsfor t he me d ical care of ex-ser vi ce per sonne l. After thewar respon s i b ility fo r me d ic a l treatment wa s gra dually tra n sferredfromthe serv ices to t h e  Repatri ati onCom mis s i on . The Army'sh o spit al s wereals o trans fer red  to  th eCommissio n, meeti ng  i ts  i mme diate need for  f aci li tie s. It proved  nece ssar yto bui ld newh os p i tals  f or  the  tr ea tment  oft ube rculosi s and men tal diso rd er s, butas the specia li sed Army h os pit als es t a blishedfor the treatment of th e  condit ion s wer e re spectivel y u nsatis fac t ory, t hey ha d tobe  re t u rnedt o  t heGo vernment o f New  Sout hWale s. TheDepartment of Soci a l S ervices was r esp onsi b l efor pr o vid in g  as s i stance to veter ans with a  d i sa bility not cau se d by th eir mil itary service , which l ed to the  f ound a t ion  of the Co mmonweal th Rehabi l itati o nServi cein 195 5. 

D ispos al ofm ili taryequipm en t

The  disp os al of mi litary equipment and ma terial s was  al so a keypri o rit y after t he e nd of thewar . E quipm ent withcivi l ia n u s es su ch a s  motor ve h ic les , cl othing andh o u sin g wer e u r gently  nee ded to counter sh o rtages in thecivi l i aneco n omy.  T he timing of e qui pm e n t releas ehad to be c arefully  p l anned , howe ver, t o avoid h ar m ing em ploy men t by crea tin gs urpluse sof manufa ctur ed  goods . Plan n ingf o r the disposal o f equ i p mentb ega n in19 43 andt he C ommonwealt h Disposals  Commi ssio n was  establ is hed to  ov er see the sa l e or dest ructi on of e qu ipme nton Sep temb e r  1944 . Be fo rethe commi s s io n  w as est abli shedth e Go vernmentd ecided t hat ex-mili ta rye q uipmen t  w o u ld be offe red  to o t h er governm e nt a g en c ies b eforebeingmade av a ila bl e to th e p u b lic, that  sales to the  p ubli c were t obe m ad e o na 'as is, where  is' bas is and b e proces sed thro u gh exi st ing trade ch annel so r publi c auc tion at 'fa irmar ketpri ces' and that payment was tobe r equir e d i n cas h. So me  special prio rities w e re also estab lished; farmers wer e  tobeg iv en  priority  fo r  moto r ve hic les,  ma chin e tool s  wer e  t o be  alloc ated  t oex-servic em en andt rain i ngcoll egesan ds pe cial co nsiderat ion
 the_demobilisation and_repatriation process generally proceeded_smoothly. Most_men_had been_returned_to Australia by_January 1946 and_80 percent were demobilised_by the middle_of_the year. Before leaving the military service men and women attended either a dispersal_centre_or naval_depot_where_they were provided with a_medical examination, interviewed by a_rehabilitation officer_and provided with information about the benefits they_were_eligible for. The_Manpower Directorate was then responsible for placing discharged personnel_in employment as well as providing_them with identity_documentation_and_ration entitlements. Training courses_were made available to veterans, and_by 1951 94,000 had completed university,_technical or rural training courses and 39,000_were still in training. A further_135,000 began training but withdrew_before completing_their course.

Demobilisation also included establishing_arrangements for the_medical care_of ex-service personnel._After the war responsibility for medical_treatment was gradually_transferred from the services to the_Repatriation_Commission. The Army's_hospitals_were_also transferred_to the Commission,_meeting_its immediate_need_for facilities. It proved necessary to_build_new hospitals for the treatment of tuberculosis_and mental disorders, but_as_the specialised Army hospitals_established for the treatment of_the conditions were respectively unsatisfactory, they_had to_be returned_to the Government of New South Wales. The Department of Social_Services was responsible for providing assistance_to veterans with a_disability not_caused_by their military_service,_which led_to the foundation of the Commonwealth Rehabilitation_Service in_1955.

Disposal of military equipment

The disposal of_military equipment and materials_was_also a key priority after the_end of the war. Equipment with_civilian uses such as motor_vehicles,_clothing_and housing were urgently needed_to counter shortages in the civilian_economy. The timing_of equipment release had to be carefully_planned,_however, to avoid harming employment by_creating_surpluses of manufactured goods. Planning for_the_disposal_of equipment began in 1943_and the Commonwealth Disposals Commission was_established to oversee the sale or destruction of equipment_on September 1944._Before the commission was established_the_Government_decided that ex-military equipment would be offered to other government_agencies before_being made available_to the public, that sales to the public were to_be made on a 'as is, where_is' basis and be processed through existing trade channels or public_auction at 'fair market prices' and that payment_was to be required in cash. Some_special priorities were also_established;_farmers were to be given priority for_motor_vehicles,_machine_tools were to_be allocated to_ex-servicemen and training_colleges and_special consideration