Station Monograms

Station Monograms are found marked on ammunition, components and packaging. They serve to identify the "station" that produced or last handled the item to which they are applied. Monogram seals, either linen or lead, were also used in RAN service as a "tell-tale" to demonstrate that a sealed package had been opened. Packages with "broken seals" were regarded as suspect and not admitted to storehouses until examined for safety in storage.

This list shows some of the Australian monograms likely to have been encountered in RAN Armament Depots during and after World War 2:

BRIS - RANAD Brisbane, Queensland
DN - Darwin, Northern Territory
FT(A) - Fleet Train (RN Pacific Fleet)
FTL - West Australia (for RN)
FWA(B)- Mine Depot/RANAWED Byford)
KWD - Kingswood, New South Wales (RAAF)
MDK - Albion Explosives Factory, Victoria
ME - Maribyrnong Explosives Factory, Victoria
MS - Salisbury Explosives Factory, South Australia
MY - Fillling Factory, St Marys, New South Wales
SCK - Snake Creek, Northern Territory
SWID - Swan Island Mine Depot, Victoria
SYD(N) - RANAD Newington, New South Wales
SYD(K) - RANAD Kingswood, New South Wales

Typical Ammunition Package, showing sealing by linen monogram seal

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