ɪn ɐdˈɪʃən tʊ ɪts ɹˈɛɡjʊlɚ dˈuːɾiz, ɪt tˌɛmpɚɹˈɛɹᵻli tˈʊk ɹᵻspˌɑːnsəbˈɪlᵻɾi fɔːɹ meɪntˈeɪnɪŋ kˈɑːntækt wɪð nˈoʊ. wˈʌn tˌiːˌeɪˈɛf hɛdkwˈɔːɹɾɚz ˌɔn mˈɔːɹoʊtˌaɪ ænd jˌuːˈɛs ˈɑːɹmi ˈɛɹ fˈoːɹsᵻz kəmˈændz ɪnðə fˈɪlᵻpˌiːnz, wˌɛn ɪkwˈɪpmənt bᵻlˈɔŋɪŋ tə ðə ɹˈɑːf mˈoʊbəl tˌɛlᵻkəmjˌuːnɪkˈeɪʃənz jˈuːnɪt fˈeɪld təbi ʌnlˈoʊdᵻd æt tˈæɹækən bᵻfˌoːɹ ðə dᵻpˈɑːɹtʃɚɹ ʌv ɪts tɹˈænspoːɹt ʃˈɪp.
In addition to its regular duties, it temporarily took responsibility for maintaining contact with No. 1 TAF headquarters on Morotai and US Army Air Forces commands in the Philippines, when equipment belonging to the RAAF's Mobile Telecommunications Unit failed to be unloaded at Tarakan before the departure of its transport ship.