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==Brief History==
 
==Brief History==
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Raised in October 1939 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.
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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.  
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The battalion had its headquarters in Swanbourne. From 19 April until November 1944 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.
  
 
===Battalion personnel===
 
===Battalion personnel===
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*[[Walter David Francis Kerridge]] 22 Nov 1939 - 29 Jan 1941
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Time periods include Part Time service prior to being called up for Full Time Duty
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*[[Arthur William Crook]] 28 Jan 1941 - 21 May 1944
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* [[Walter David Francis Kerridge]] 22 Nov 1939 - 29 Jan 1941
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*[[Archie Howard Brockway]] 3 Mar 1942 - 26 Nov 1943
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* [[Albert Cecil Clarence Curtis]] 21 Aug 1940 - 28 Jan 1941
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*[[Francis Thomas Briggs]] 26 Apr 1942 - 3 Sep 1943
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* [[Bertie Alfred Holmes]] 22 Aug - 26 Sep 1940
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*[[Arthur Clarke ww2]] 30 Nov 1940 - 26 May 1942
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* [[Kenneth William Gilmour]] 26 Oct 1940 - 31 Jan 1944
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*[[Lancelot (Lance) William Cornell]] 4 Jan 1941 - 28 Apr 1944
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* [[Edward Bailey]] 30 Nov 1940 - 10 May 1942  
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*DEMASSON, STANLEY GORDON
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* [[Claude Robert Marsh]] 30 Nov 1940 - 2 Jan 1942
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*GALE, EDGAR
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* [[Arthur Clarke ww2]] 30 Nov 1940 - 26 May 1942
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*GILMOUR, KENNETH WILLIAM
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* [[George Gould Elworthy]] 30 Nov 1940 - 11 May 1942
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*GORDON, JOHN
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* [[Peter Spence]] 30 Nov 1940 - 14 Oct 1943
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*KERRIDGE, WALTER DAVID
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* [[Albert Walmsley]] 19 Dec 1940 - 56 Nov 1941
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*MARSH, CLAUDE ROBERT
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* [[Lancelot (Lance) William Cornell]] 4 Jan 1941 - 28 Apr 1944
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*THATCHER, FREDRICK MARK
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* [[Alfred Edward James Tresidder]] 27 Jan 1941 - 22 Feb 1944
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* [[Arthur William Crook]] 28 Jan 1941 - 21 May 1944
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* [[Albert Walmsley]] 28 Jan - 13 Jul 1941
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* [[John William Stables]] 24 Mar - 19 Aug 1941
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* [[John Gordon]] 4 Apr 1941 - 6 Dec 1942
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* [[James David Watts]] 24 Jun 1941 - 30 Dec 1942
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* [[Ernest Charles Allen]] 23 Jul 1941 - 12 May 1942
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* [[Henry Edward Knapp]] 12 Aug 1941 - 18 Mar 1942
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* [[Henry Victor (Harry) Fowler]] 13 Aug 1941 - 27 Aug 1944
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* [[John Whittaker ww2]] 3 Sep 1941 - 3 Nov 1944
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* [[Thomas Egan]] 11 Nov 1941 - 3 Jul 1942
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* [[Albert Dawson Winstanley]] 28 Dec 1941 - 16 Apr 1942
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* [[John Raymond Little]] 8 Jan 1942 - 25 Mar 1943
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* [[Archie Howard Brockway]] 3 Mar 1942 - 26 Nov 1943
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* [[Stanley Gordon Demasson]] 22 Mar 1942 - ??
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* [[Frederick Joseph Humphrey]] 26 Mar 1942 - 27 Jan 1944
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* [[David Deverell]] 26 Apr 1942 - 1 Sep 1942
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* [[Edgar Walter Gale]] 26 Apr 1942 - 25 Feb 1943
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* [[Frederick Mark Thatcher]] 26 Apr 1942 - ??
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* [[Roy Lance Cornell]] 1 May 1942 - 24 Mar 1943
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* [[John Orbel Whitefield Parkin]] 11 May - 3 Jun 1942
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* [[Luke Pense]] 19 - 25 May 1942
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* [[Stan John Barrett]] 13 Jun 1942 - 29 Oct 1942
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* [[John Davidson]] 22 Mar - 3 Nov 1944
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* [[Albert Cecil Clarence Curtis]] 22 Apr - 24 Aug 1944
  
  
 
====Notes====
 
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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
 
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Latest revision as of 19:22, 10 June 2024

5th Garrison Battalion.jpg
Unit Colour Patch


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 1944 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


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


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