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==Brief History==
Western Command BIPOD was raised at Swan Barracks, Perth in January 1942 before moving to Karrakatta in February., and then in March to Melville first and then Naval Base. By April they had expanded to their full war establishment and had a name change in May to '''WA Line of Command Area BIPOD'''. In June their headquarters reached their final location at Salters Point in June and Their main depot was located at Forrestdale where fuel in drums was railed to the Forrestdale siding and then carried by truck to dispersed areas with drums placed under trees around Lake Forrestdale.

They also maintained depots around Perth, Moora, Mullewa, Geraldton and Cunderdin. Later they opened depots at Port Hedland, Broome, Derby and Onslow. With the war moving away from WA and the troops as well, the need for these depots decreased and the depots handed back to oil companies. The unit's name changed to '''Western Command BIPOD''' in December 1944, and at the conclusion of the war the unit was in the process of disbanding.


====Unit Personnel====
* [[Stanley Garrett]] 12 Sep 1940 - 15 Jan 1942
* [[Frederick Thomas Carlisle]] 18 Apr 1942 - 5 Jan 1945
* [[Denys Brettell Duke]] 20 Apr - 9 May 1942 detached from Armour Corps
* [[John Francis Lean]] 30 Sep - 11 Nov 1942
* [[Frederick Thomas Carlisle]] 11 Nov 1942 - 11 Jul 1946
* [[Allan Denman Baldwin]] 16 Apr 1943 - 24 Oct 1945
* [[Frederick Joseph Humphrey]] 4 May - 8 Aug 1944
* [[Edward Hamilton Gregson]] 22 Jul - 30 Oct 1944
* [[John Francis (Jack) Cucel]] 31 Oct - 11 Dec 1944
* [[John Ernest Law-Davis]] 30 Apr 1942 - 19 Sep 1945


''Detached from Employment Companies''
* [[James Douglas Aitken]] 9 Jun - 13 Aug 1944
* [[Alfred Edward James Tresidder]]  9 Sep - 10 Oct 1944 (Davilak) & 11 Jun - 5 Sep 1945 (Forrestdale)

====Notes====
Content has come from ''The Unit Guide - Volume 5 - The Australian Army 1939-1945'' - page 5.048   Graham R McKenzie-Smith - Big Sky Publishing - 2018
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