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==Brief History==
 
==Brief History==
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No. 5 Initial Training School was established at Pearce, Western Australia, on 21 Oct 1940, with a strength of three officers and 18 airmen. Early on the unit suffered from a lack training equipment and facilities. New training rooms were provided in August 1941, and on 14 Sep 1941 the largest intake to date was posted with trainees from Adelaide and Perth, plus 16 trainees from w1thin the Serv1ce. During November, training in air frames was undertaken within sight of the tarmac, and normal hangar activity was found useful for instructional purposes.
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No. 5 Initial Training School was established at Pearce, Western Australia, on 21 Oct 1940, with a strength of three officers and 18 airmen. Early on the unit suffered from a lack training equipment and facilities. New training rooms were provided in August 1941, and on 14 Sep 1941 the largest intake to date was posted with trainees from Adelaide and Perth, plus 16 trainees from within the Service. During November, training in air frames was undertaken within sight of the tarmac, and normal hangar activity was found useful for instructional purposes.
  
  
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Facilities at Clontarf were improved, but maintenance of the buildings was proving to be a problem. During July an alternative site for No. 5 Initial Training School were sought However, on 27 November, the school was notified that training would cease on 2 Dec 1944, and that the School would be disbanded and not reformed. Prefabricated huts were dismantled and moved to 77 Operational Base Unit at Carnarvon, and the unit was disbanded on 20 Jan 1945
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Facilities at Clontarf were improved, but maintenance of the buildings was proving to be a problem. During July an alternative site for No. 5 Initial Training School were sought However, on 27 November, the school was notified that training would cease on 2 Dec 1944, and that the School would be disbanded and not reformed. Prefabricated huts were dismantled and moved to ''No. 77 Operational Base Unit'' at Carnarvon, and the unit was disbanded on 20 Jan 1945
  
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===Unit Personnel===
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* [[Marguerite Isabella (Peg) Stevens]] 19 Mar - 22 Dec 1942
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* [[Dorothy Betsy Thorne]] 24 Jul 1942 - 21 Jan 1943
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* [[Mavis Irene Fuller]] 28 Aug 1944 - 26 Oct 1945
  
 
===Trainees===
 
===Trainees===
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====1940====
 
* [[Gerard Henzell Straughan Hemy]] 9 Dec 1940 - 5 Feb 1941
 
* [[Gerard Henzell Straughan Hemy]] 9 Dec 1940 - 5 Feb 1941
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====1941====
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* [[Billy Kendall Collins]] 3 Feb - 2 Aor 1941
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* [[Roy Joseph Smith]] 3 Feb - 2 Apr 1941
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* † [[Raymond Edward Norton Butcher]] 3 Mar - 3 Apr 1941
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* [[Tom Shelley Griffiths]] 14 Apr - 13 Nov 1941
 
* † [[Alan Wesley Hain]] 28 Apr - 20 Jun 1941
 
* † [[Alan Wesley Hain]] 28 Apr - 20 Jun 1941
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* † [[Michael Courthope Haynes]] 28 Apr - 20 Jun 1941
 
* † [[Leslie John (Jock) Powell DFC]] 28 Apr - 20 Jun 1941
 
* † [[Leslie John (Jock) Powell DFC]] 28 Apr - 20 Jun 1941
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* † [[Thomas Douglas (Dougie) Ellis]] 23 Jun - 16 Sep 1941
 
* † [[William James (Jim) Morcombe]] 18 Aug -7 Oct 1941
 
* † [[William James (Jim) Morcombe]] 18 Aug -7 Oct 1941
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* † [[Edward Watling]] 14 Sep - 10 Dec 1941
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====1942====
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* [[William John (Jack) Hart MID]] Jan - 27 May 1942
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* † [[Maxwell Wellman Marsh]] 1 Feb - 21 Jul 1942
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* [[Alfred Arthur Shepherd]] 1 Feb - 23 Jun 1942
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* [[Phillip Herbert Martin DFC & Bar]] 26 Apr - 20 Sep 1942
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* [[Colin Lindsay Ottaway DFC]] 19 Jul - 11 Nov 1942
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* [[William Albert Beattie]] 1 Oct 1942 - 13 May 1943
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* [[Stanley Reginald Nail]] 11 Oct 1942 - 25 Jan 1944
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* † [[Vernon Harold Minchin]] 7 Nov 1942 - 3 Feb 1943
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====1943====
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* † [[Greer Winton Ottaway]] 23 Mar - 6 Jan 1943
 
* † [[Ernest Ronald William Oliver]] 19 Jul - 14 Oct 1942
 
* † [[Ernest Ronald William Oliver]] 19 Jul - 14 Oct 1942
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* [[Gerald Kingsley Denny]] 27 Feb - 30 Jun 1943
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* [[Ernest Gordon Martin]] 22 May 1943 - 13 AUg 1943
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* [[John Chadwick Meachem]] 19 Jun - 15 Sep 1943
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* [[Edward Neil Parker]] 9 Oct 1943 - 2 Jan 1944
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* [[Henry Frederick Wills]] 26 Oct 1943 - 2 Feb 1944
  
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====1944====
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* [[Eric Green Traill-Nash]] 15 Jan - 21 May 1944
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* [[Sydney Roy Smith]] 12 Feb - 20 Jun 1944
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* [[John Justin McCarthy]] 5 Apr - 3 Aug 1942
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* [[Denzil Dale Fletcher]] 7 Jun 1944 - 6 Dec 1944
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* [[Stewart Leslie White]] 8 Sep - 14 Dec 1944
  
 
====Notes====
 
====Notes====
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Source of information - ''Units of the Royal Australian Airforce - A Concise History - Vol 8 Training Units'' - Australian Government Publishing Service - 1995
  
 
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5 ITS.jpg
Clontarf Boy's Home


Brief History

No. 5 Initial Training School was established at Pearce, Western Australia, on 21 Oct 1940, with a strength of three officers and 18 airmen. Early on the unit suffered from a lack training equipment and facilities. New training rooms were provided in August 1941, and on 14 Sep 1941 the largest intake to date was posted with trainees from Adelaide and Perth, plus 16 trainees from within the Service. During November, training in air frames was undertaken within sight of the tarmac, and normal hangar activity was found useful for instructional purposes.


On 27 February 1942 approval was given for the School to move to the Clontarf Orphanage, but there were many problems with accommodation and essential services at Clontarf. Much of the corrective work was undertaken by students and staff. Squadron Leader J.W. Darling commenced three-day expeditions in which practical experience- in map reading, grid reference systems, travel by magnetic compass, weather observation and star recognition could be given. The first course of four officers, one non-commissioned officer and 27 trainees commenced on 15 September 1942.


Facilities at Clontarf were improved, but maintenance of the buildings was proving to be a problem. During July an alternative site for No. 5 Initial Training School were sought However, on 27 November, the school was notified that training would cease on 2 Dec 1944, and that the School would be disbanded and not reformed. Prefabricated huts were dismantled and moved to No. 77 Operational Base Unit at Carnarvon, and the unit was disbanded on 20 Jan 1945

Unit Personnel

Trainees

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

Notes

Source of information - Units of the Royal Australian Airforce - A Concise History - Vol 8 Training Units - Australian Government Publishing Service - 1995


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