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==Brief History==
 
==Brief History==
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Six Embarkation Depots, later known as Personnel Depots, were established by the RAAF during World War 2. The principal function of these Depots was to house personnel awaiting embarkation for overseas posts and to ensure that, before departure, they were medically and dentally fit, vaccinated, inoculated and properly equipped.  
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Six Embarkation Depots, later known as Personnel Depots, were established by the RAAF during World War 2. The principal function of these Depots was to house personnel awaiting embarkation for overseas posts and to ensure that, before departure, they were medically and dentally fit, vaccinated, inoculated and properly equipped. RAF, Royal New Zealand Air Force and Netherlands East Indies Air Force personnel, wives of personnel and Empire Air Training Scheme personnel were also processed through these units.
  
  
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===Staff members===
 
===Staff members===
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*[[Robert Alexander MacLean]] 29 Jul 1941 - 8 Jun 1942 5 Embarkation Depot
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* [[Robert Alexander MacLean]] 29 Jul 1941 - 8 Jun 1942 - 5 Embarkation Depot
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*[[Dora Terry]] 5 Personnel Depot
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* [[Millie Elizabeth Treloar]] 11 Feb - 15 Sep 1943
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* [[Beatrice Mary Coulson]] 5 Embarkation Depot
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* [[Dorothy Betsy Thorne]] 5 Embarkation Depot
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* [[Dora Terry]] 5 Personnel Depot
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* [[William John Martin (16379)]] 25 Oct 1943 - 25 Jan 1945
  
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===Personnel proceeding overseas===
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===Personnel proceeding overseas or being reposted===
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* [[Roy Thomas Aston Wallis]] 29 May - 4 Jul 1941
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* † [[Raymond Edward Norton Butcher]] 19 Jun - 27 Oct 1941
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* † [[Michael Courthope Haynes]] 21 Jun - 9 Sep 1941
 
* † [[Alan Wesley Hain]] 21 Jun - 8 Sep 1941
 
* † [[Alan Wesley Hain]] 21 Jun - 8 Sep 1941
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* [[Clifford Stanley Douglas]] 6 - 16 Jul 1941
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* [[Gerard Henzell Straughan Hemy]] 5 Aug - 8 Sep 1941
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* [[Billy Kendall Collins]] 27 Oct - 9 Nov 1941
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* [[Maxwell Kenneth Ottaway]] 7 Nov 1941 - 17 Aug 1942
 
* [[Roy Joseph Smith]] 29 Sep - 9 Nov 1941
 
* [[Roy Joseph Smith]] 29 Sep - 9 Nov 1941
 
* † [[Leslie John (Jock) Powell DFC]] 10 Feb - 15 Mar 1942
 
* † [[Leslie John (Jock) Powell DFC]] 10 Feb - 15 Mar 1942
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* † [[Thomas Douglas (Dougie) Ellis]] 29 May - 25 Jun 1942
 
* [[William James (Jim) Morcombe]] 3 - 25 Jun 1942
 
* [[William James (Jim) Morcombe]] 3 - 25 Jun 1942
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* † [[Edward Watling]] 29 Jul - 20 Aug 1942
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* † [[Maxwell Wellman Marsh]] 24 Jan - 4 Feb 1943
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* [[William John (Jack) Hart MID]] 22 Jan - 5 Feb 1943
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* [[Joseph Butler Boyd]] 5 - 12 Mar 1943
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* [[Phillip Herbert Martin DFC & Bar]] 22 Mar - 13 Apr 1943
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* [[Warwick Geoff Samuel Savage]] 14 Apr - 22 May 1943
 
* † [[Ernest Ronald William Oliver]] 15 Apr - 15 May 1943
 
* † [[Ernest Ronald William Oliver]] 15 Apr - 15 May 1943
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* [[Reginald William Jordan]] 27 Apr - 25 Jun 1943
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* [[Oswald Francis Williams]] 6 May - 25 Jul 1943
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* [[Alwyn Raymond Liddell]] 13 - 18 May 1943
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* [[Colin Lindsay Ottaway DFC]] 15 May - 4 Jun 1943
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* † [[Greer Winton Ottaway]] 2 - 19 Jul 1943
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* [[Tom Shelley Griffiths]] 4 - 21 Jul 1942
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* [[Edward Trayton Elvish]] 27 Jul - 8 Sep 1943
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* [[Francis Thomas Briggs]] 4 Sep 1943
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* [[Reginald William Jordan]] 11 Sep 1943 - 28 Jan 1944
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* [[George Henry Millett]] 19 Nov - 11 Dec 1943
 
* [[Ivan Lindsay Dunn]] 26 Nov 1943 - 21 Jan 1944 & 8 Sep - 22 Dec 1944
 
* [[Ivan Lindsay Dunn]] 26 Nov 1943 - 21 Jan 1944 & 8 Sep - 22 Dec 1944
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* [[Harold Gordon Unwin]] 22 Jan - 10 Mar 1944
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* [[William Albert Beattie]] 29 Feb - 9 Apr 1944
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* [[Lloyd Ryder Hughes]] 12 Mar - 7 Apr 1944
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* [[Lloyd Ryder Hughes]] 12 Mar - 6 Apr 1944
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* [[Kenneth William McCallum]]
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===Personnel for Discharge===
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* [[Lillian Hope Turner]] 8 - 18 Jun 1943
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* [[Beatrice Mary Coulson]] 23 - 27 Aug 1943
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* [[Dorothy Betsy Thorne]] 13 - 15 Oct 1943
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* [[Clarence Albert Curtis]] 16 - 29 Mar 1944
  
 
==Notes==
 
==Notes==
 
See also [[No. 5 Personnel Depot RAAF]]
 
See also [[No. 5 Personnel Depot RAAF]]
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Content comes from ''Units of the Royal Australian Air Force - A Concise History - Vol 9 Ancillary Units'' Australian Government Publishing Service, 1995
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Brief History

Six Embarkation Depots, later known as Personnel Depots, were established by the RAAF during World War 2. The principal function of these Depots was to house personnel awaiting embarkation for overseas posts and to ensure that, before departure, they were medically and dentally fit, vaccinated, inoculated and properly equipped. RAF, Royal New Zealand Air Force and Netherlands East Indies Air Force personnel, wives of personnel and Empire Air Training Scheme personnel were also processed through these units.


The No. 5 Embarkation Depot was formed at No. 5 School of Technical Training, Perth, on 10 Apr 1941. The Depot moved to Fremantle Boys' School and Princess May Girls' School in Fremantle on 14 July 1942, followed by a move to Salvado Road, Subiaco, on 2 December. The Depot's name changed in April 1944 to No.5 Personnel Depot.


At the end of September 1946, sections of the Depot were established at Pearce, ANA House and Karrakatta, to carry out discharge and recruiting duties. No. 5 Personnel Depot ceased to function as a unit on 25 September 1946, and was disbanded.

Staff members

Personnel proceeding overseas or being reposted

Personnel for Discharge

Notes

See also No. 5 Personnel Depot RAAF

Content comes from Units of the Royal Australian Air Force - A Concise History - Vol 9 Ancillary Units Australian Government Publishing Service, 1995



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