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All troops proceeding overseas from late 1942 needed to pass through the centre before their training was complete. This was also true for the Malayan, North Borneo and Vietnam Campaigns.
 
All troops proceeding overseas from late 1942 needed to pass through the centre before their training was complete. This was also true for the Malayan, North Borneo and Vietnam Campaigns.
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===Unit Personnel===
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* [[Joseph George Nicholls]] 27 Jul - 21 Aug 1944 Cook
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*[[Mervyn Charles Henry Sharp]] 2 Feb - 3 Apr 1945
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* [[Mervyn Henry Lees]] 5 - 23 Nov 1945
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* [[Allan Butcher]] 2 - 24 Jun 1946
  
 
===Trainees===
 
===Trainees===
  
 
'''1st Battalion'''
 
'''1st Battalion'''
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* [[Jack David Bunney]] 14 Apr - 2 Oct 1944
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* [[Antonio Del Borrello]] 29 Sep - 12 Nov 1944
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* [[Marvin Redvers Cuthbert Barge]] 3 Nov - 10 Dec 1944
  
  
 
'''2nd Battalion'''
 
'''2nd Battalion'''
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* [[John Francis (Jack) Cucel]] 29 Jul 1943 - 29 Sep 1943
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* [[Roy Kershaw]] 28 Jul - 24 Sep 1944 (had a break in training for medical reasons)
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* [[Mervyn Joseph Francis]] 10 Jul - 21 Aug 1945
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* [[Leslie Charles Peters]] 21 Jul - ?? Aug 1945
 
* [[Albert Chamberlain]] 27 Mar - 18 Nov 1945 (had a break in training for medical reasons)
 
* [[Albert Chamberlain]] 27 Mar - 18 Nov 1945 (had a break in training for medical reasons)
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* [[Mervyn Henry Lees]] 14 Aug - 4 Nov 1945
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'''3rd Battalion'''
 
'''3rd Battalion'''
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* [[Curnow Andrew Knuckey]] 10 - 24 Aug 1944
 
* [[Noel Aubrey Brown]] 2 Mar - 21 May 1945
 
* [[Noel Aubrey Brown]] 2 Mar - 21 May 1945
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* [[ Wilfred Brettell Duke]] 15 Mar - 15 May 1945
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* [[Frederick Thomas Carlisle]] 22 Feb - 11 Mar 1946
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'''4th Battalion'''
 
'''4th Battalion'''
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* [[Edward James (Jim) Lawrence]] 24 Jul - 10 Sep 1944
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* [[John Francis (Jack) Cucel]] 29 Sep - 15 Feb 1944
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* [[Arthur Samuel William Alldridge]] 19 Jan - 6 Mar 1945
  
  
 
'''Battalion not identified'''
 
'''Battalion not identified'''
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* [[Mervyn Roy Drummond]] 15 Jul - 23 Nov 1942 (Staff ??)
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* [[Allan Hugh Aitken]] Sep - Oct 1943
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* [[Harold Baldwin]] 30 Oct - 28 Nov 1943
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* [[Mervyn Eric Doherty]] Feb - Apr 1944
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* [[Fred Alexander McKelvie]] 15 - 19 Mar 1944
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* [[Ernest Emanuel Mills]] 12 Jun - 29 Sep 1944
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* [[Donald Norrish MacDonald]] 27 Jul - 10 Aug 1942
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* [[Percy Whittaker]] 26 Aug - 3 Dec 1944
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* [[Frederick Haughton Dawson]] 8 Dec 1944 - 3 Apr 1945
 
* [[Maxwell John Buckingham]] 21 Dec 1944 - 6 Aug 1945 (had a break in training for medical reasons)
 
* [[Maxwell John Buckingham]] 21 Dec 1944 - 6 Aug 1945 (had a break in training for medical reasons)
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* [[Stanley Charles Gregory]] 12 Jan - 12 Mar 1945
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* [[Alfred John Davies]] 12 Apr - 15 Aug 1945
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* [[Stan John Barrett]] 12 Apr 1945 - 8 Jun 1945
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* [[William Stewart Geary]] 18 May - 7 Sep 1945
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* [[James Wilkinson]] 22 Jun - 12 Nov 1945
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* [[Victor Emanuel Valli]] 27 Jul - 2 Nov 1945
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* [[Donald Walter Cumming]] 4 Aug - 5 Nov 1945
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* [[Mervyn Henry Lees]] 24 Nov 19435 - 15 Jan 1946
  
 
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====Notes====

Latest revision as of 02:20, 28 July 2024

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Brief History

Training Centre (Jungle Warfare) was established at Canungra in November 1942 to pass on lessons learnt during the Kokoda Campaign. The initial training unit was the Advanced Reinforcement Training Unit (Jungle Warfare) which trained reinforcements prior to their heading to the New Guinea theatre. In May 1943 the centre expanded when the original unit became known as 1st Reinforcement Training Battalion (Jungle Warfare) and the 2nd Reinforcement Training Battalion (Jungle Warfare) was formed in June. The 3rd Reinforcement Training Battalion (Jungle Warfare) was formed in November 1942, and the 4th Reinforcement Training Battalion (Jungle Warfare) in September 1943.


All troops proceeding overseas from late 1942 needed to pass through the centre before their training was complete. This was also true for the Malayan, North Borneo and Vietnam Campaigns.

Unit Personnel

Trainees

1st Battalion


2nd Battalion


3rd Battalion


4th Battalion


Battalion not identified

Notes

Content has come from The Unit Guide - Volume 6 - The Australian Army 1939-1945, page 6.252 - Graham R McKenzie-Smith - Big Sky Publishing - 2018


External Links

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