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|   image        = [[File:No_25_Squadron_Colour_Patch.jpg]]
| caption        = No. 25 Squadron badge / colour patch
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| caption2       = One of the three Swordfish used on anti-submarine patrols around Rottnest Island until 1942
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==Brief History==
Originally formed as No. 23 (City of Perth) Squadron in early 1943 at RAAF Base Laverton before being renumbered No.25 and moved to RAAF Base Pearce in January 1939. With the outbreak of war it was allocated some [[CAC Wirraway]]s to carry out Convoy escort duties and anti-submarine patrols. With Japan's entry into the war the squadron received a small number of [[Brewster Buffalo]] aircraft, and in early 1942 three [[Fairey Battle]] biplanes. The later were used to conduct patrols around Rottnest Island until late 1942 before they were returned to the Royal Navy.


In Aug 1943 the squadron was re-equipped with [[Vultee Vengeance]] dive bombers to defend against a rumored Japanese invasion, and began joint exercises with the Army.  With the removal of the threat to Perth, the squadron was again re-equipped, this time with [[Consolidated B-24 Liberator]]s, and began to carry out bombing raids against Japanese targets in what is now the Indonesian islands. These sorties required refueling stops at Truscott or Corunna Downs airfields. In June 1945 the squadron relocated to Tarakan in order to play a bombing role assisting the landings at Brunei Bay. With the completion of the war, the squadron moved to Cunderdin and was involved with the evacuation of liberated POWs from Borneo and Morotai to Australia before being disbanded in July 1946. Twenty five of its personnel were killed during the war.


It reformed in 1948 as a Citizen Air Force Unit and went through various guises before July 1998 when its permanent personnel separated to form the No. 79 Squadron. Those that remained returned to the role of providing a reserve pool of personnel.

==Battle Honours==
* Eastern Waters 1942 - 1945


==Individual Honours==
* 1 x Mentioned in Despatches

===Air Crew===
* [[Tom Shelley Griffiths]] 20 Jan - 17 May 1943
* [[Edward Harry Tasker]] 24 Feb 1944 - 28 Jan 1945

===Ground Crew===
* † [[Herman Fred Sass]] 5 Jul 1937 - 12 Feb 1939
* [[Warwick Geoff Samuel Savage]] 6 Jun - 21 Aug 1941  &  25 Sep 1943 - 22 Jan 1945   &  4 Jan - 15 Apr 1946
* [[Edward Arthur Ross]] 24 Jul - 22 Oct 1941
* [[John Thomas Thomson]] 28 Apr - 10 Nov 1942
* [[Angus Lenard Hurley]] 8 Oct 1942 - 29 Sep 1944
* [[William Kenneth Watson]] 7 Mar 1943 - 20 Jan 1945
* [[Oswald Francis Williams]] 26 Jul 1943 - 6 Sep 1943
* [[Ivan Lindsay Dunn]] 11 Apr - 7 Sep 1944
* [[William John Gardener]] 11 Apr - 28 Sep 1944
* [[Harold Morgan]] 2 Jul - 16 Dec 1944 
* [[Alfred William Walker]] 16 Oct 1944 - 14 May 1945
* [[Ronald Victor Marshall]] 20 Jan 1945 - 22 Nov 1945
* [[Frederick Walter Miller]] 23 Jan - 5 Sep 1945
* [[Alwyn Raymond Liddell]] 31 Jan - 4 Jul 1945
* [[Eric William Mills]] 21 Nov - 11 Dec 1945
* [[Alfred Ensor Hand]] 4 Jan - 15 May 1946
* [[Frederick George Thornton]] 5 Mar - 19 May 1946

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