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==Brief History== | ==Brief History== | ||
| − | The designation of this unit '''68th Australian DCRE | + | The designation of this unit '''68th Australian DCRE (Works)''' was allocated in September 1942, but the unit itself was not raised until November when it was established in Perth under the command of ''10th Australian CRE (Works)'', but then moved to Fremantle to service works projects in the ''Fremantle Fortress''. In February 1944 the move of ''10 CRE (Works)'' to the Northern Territory, replaced in Perth by ''3rd CRE (Works)'' resulted in a change of report line, to ''3rd CRE (Works)''. With the departure of ''67th Australian DCRE (Works)'' to Melbourne in September and the ''69th Australian DCRE (Works)'' to Sydney in October, the '''68th Australian DCRE (Works)''' took over their workload in the Perth metropolitan area. In June 1945 they moved to Karrakatta where they remained for the rest of the war. |
===Unit Personnel=== | ===Unit Personnel=== | ||
| + | * [[Eric Raymond Willison]] 20 Dec 1942 - 22 Oct 1943 | ||
* [[Arthur Henry Crouch]] 22 Nov 1943 - 18 Jan 1944 | * [[Arthur Henry Crouch]] 22 Nov 1943 - 18 Jan 1944 | ||
* [[William Leslie Cucel]] 11 Sep - 7 Dec 1945 | * [[William Leslie Cucel]] 11 Sep - 7 Dec 1945 | ||
* [[Ronald Arthur Grafham]] 28 Sep - 26 Nov 1945 | * [[Ronald Arthur Grafham]] 28 Sep - 26 Nov 1945 | ||
| + | * [[Frederick Martin Wilton]] 28 Sep - 12 Nov 1945 | ||
====Notes==== | ====Notes==== | ||
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Brief History
The designation of this unit 68th Australian DCRE (Works) was allocated in September 1942, but the unit itself was not raised until November when it was established in Perth under the command of 10th Australian CRE (Works), but then moved to Fremantle to service works projects in the Fremantle Fortress. In February 1944 the move of 10 CRE (Works) to the Northern Territory, replaced in Perth by 3rd CRE (Works) resulted in a change of report line, to 3rd CRE (Works). With the departure of 67th Australian DCRE (Works) to Melbourne in September and the 69th Australian DCRE (Works) to Sydney in October, the 68th Australian DCRE (Works) took over their workload in the Perth metropolitan area. In June 1945 they moved to Karrakatta where they remained for the rest of the war.
Unit Personnel
- Eric Raymond Willison 20 Dec 1942 - 22 Oct 1943
- Arthur Henry Crouch 22 Nov 1943 - 18 Jan 1944
- William Leslie Cucel 11 Sep - 7 Dec 1945
- Ronald Arthur Grafham 28 Sep - 26 Nov 1945
- Frederick Martin Wilton 28 Sep - 12 Nov 1945
Notes
Content has come from The Unit Guide - Volume 3 - The Australian Army 1939-1945, page 3.4.9 - Graham R McKenzie-Smith - Big Sky Publishing - 2018