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| − | Raised in October 1939 at Swanbourne in Western Australia, and consisting primarily of men who had served during WW 1, the 5th Garrison Battalion was responsible for coastal defence. The 5th Garrison Battalion was responsible for the Fremantle/Perth area, land based batteries at Swanbourne and Arthurs Head, Fremantle. The battalion had its headquarters in Swanbourne. From 19 April until November the 5th Garrison battalion had also assumed responsibility for the coastal guns on Rottnest Island, but the unit was disbanded in late 1944 as the threat to WA was reduced as a result of military success to the north. | + | Raised in October 1939 at Swanbourne in Western Australia, and consisting primarily of men who had served during WW 1, the 5th Garrison Battalion was responsible for coastal defence. The 5th Garrison Battalion was responsible for the Fremantle/Perth area, land based batteries at Swanbourne and Arthurs Head, Fremantle. |
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| + | The battalion had its headquarters in Swanbourne. From 19 April until November 1940 the 5th Garrison battalion had also assumed responsibility for the coastal guns on Rottnest Island, but the unit was disbanded in late 1944 as the threat to WA was reduced as a result of military success to the north. | ||
Eight servicemen died while a member of this unit, one accidentally, and seven from illness. | Eight servicemen died while a member of this unit, one accidentally, and seven from illness. | ||
Revision as of 16:17, 22 January 2023
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Brief History
Raised in October 1939 at Swanbourne in Western Australia, and consisting primarily of men who had served during WW 1, the 5th Garrison Battalion was responsible for coastal defence. The 5th Garrison Battalion was responsible for the Fremantle/Perth area, land based batteries at Swanbourne and Arthurs Head, Fremantle.
The battalion had its headquarters in Swanbourne. From 19 April until November 1940 the 5th Garrison battalion had also assumed responsibility for the coastal guns on Rottnest Island, but the unit was disbanded in late 1944 as the threat to WA was reduced as a result of military success to the north.
Eight servicemen died while a member of this unit, one accidentally, and seven from illness.
Battalion personnel
Time periods include Part Time service prior to being called up for Full Time Duty
- Walter David Francis Kerridge 22 Nov 1939 - 29 Jan 1941
- Albert Cecil Clarence Curtis 21 Aug 1940 - 28 Jan 1941
- Bertie Alfred Holmes 22 Aug - 26 Sep 1940
- Kenneth William Gilmour 26 Oct 1940 - 31 Jan 1944
- Edward Bailey 30 Nov 1940 - 10 May 1942
- Claude Robert Marsh 30 Nov 1940 - 2 Jan 1942
- Arthur Clarke ww2 30 Nov 1940 - 26 May 1942
- George Gould Elworthy 30 Nov 1940 - 11 May 1942
- Peter Spence 30 Nov 1940 - 14 Oct 1943
- Albert Walmsley 19 Dec 1940 - 56 Nov 1941
- Lancelot (Lance) William Cornell 4 Jan 1941 - 28 Apr 1944
- Alfred Edward James Tresidder 27 Jan 1941 - 22 Feb 1944
- Arthur William Crook 28 Jan 1941 - 21 May 1944
- Albert Walmsley 28 Jan - 13 Jul 1941
- John William Stables 24 Mar - 19 Aug 1941
- John Gordon 4 Apr 1941 - 6 Dec 1942
- James David Watts 24 Jun 1941 - 30 Dec 1942
- Ernest Charles Allen 23 Jul 1941 - 12 May 1942
- Henry Edward Knapp 12 Aug 1941 - 18 Mar 1942
- Henry Victor (Harry) Fowler 13 Aug 1941 - 27 Aug 1944
- John Whittaker ww2 3 Sep 1941 - 3 Nov 1944
- Thomas Egan 11 Nov 1941 - 3 Jul 1942
- Albert Dawson Winstanley 28 Dec 1941 - 16 Apr 1942
- John Raymond Little 8 Jan 1942 - 25 Mar 1943
- Archie Howard Brockway 3 Mar 1942 - 26 Nov 1943
- Stanley Gordon Demasson 22 Mar 1942 - ??
- Frederick Joseph Humphrey 26 Mar 1942 - 27 Jan 1944
- David Deverell 26 Apr 1942 - 1 Sep 1942
- Edgar Walter Gale 26 Apr 1942 - 25 Feb 1943
- Frederick Mark Thatcher 26 Apr 1942 - ??
- Stan John Barrett 13 Jun 1942 - 29 Oct 1942
- John Davidson 22 Mar - 3 Nov 1944
- Albert Cecil Clarence Curtis 22 Apr - 24 Aug 1944
Notes
Content has come from The Unit Guide - Volume 2 - The Australian Army 1939-1945 - page 2.391 Graham R McKenzie-Smith - Big Sky Publishing - 2018