John Harold Garnett

John Harold Garnett

Personal Information
Date of Birth	7 Oct 1905
Place of Birth	Cheshire, England
Death	1975, aged 69
Place of Death	Box Hill, Victoria
Age at Enlistment	34 years, 5 months
Description	5'9½" (1.76m) tall ; ; fair complexion ; blue/grey eyes ; dark brown hair ; s car on left wrist
Occupation	Farm hand
Religion	Church of England
Address	Bedfordale, Western Australia
Next of Kin	Wife , Mrs Agnes Garnett
Military Information
Reg Number	16167
Date of Enlistment	15 Apr 1940
Rank	Corporal
Unit/Formation	No. 1 Stores Depot RAAF (Port Melbourne)
Post War Details

War Service

At enlistment gave his father in Liverpool, UK as NOK. He was to later change this to his wife following their marriage. Mustered as a Service Policeman, he spent the first few days being outfitted before being sent to the No.4 Recruit Depot at Pearce in WA. On 21 May 1940 he was transferred to No. 4 School of Technical Training RAAF and following training he was transferred to No. 1 Recruit Depot RAAF to be held until posting to an operational unit. On 19 Aug 1940 John was posted to No. 1 School of Technical Training RAAF to undertake the No. 29 Service Police course, and as a result, on 30 Sep 1940 he was made an Acting Corporal with the Service Police. While there he was granted 8 days leave from 28 Nov 1940. John was appointed as a Leading Aircraftman on 13 Feb 1941 and his mustering changed to Labourer on 20 Mar 1941. He was granted further leave from 14 - 17 April and from 1 - 11 Sep 1941.

On 26 Feb 1942 John was posted to No. 1 Embarkation Depot RAAF at Ascot Vale with his next posting to RAAF HQ Darwin on 3 Mar 1942 as a Temporary Corporal. The No. 1 Mobile Works Squadron RAAF was formed on 26 May 1942, including John. On 19 Jun 1942 John was admitted to No. 1 Medical Receiving Station RAAF in Daly Waters, Northern Territory, before being discharged back to his unit on 28 Jul 1942.

3 Mobile Works Squadron, Darwin 21 Jun 1943 2 Embarkation Depot, RAAF Bradfield Park, NSW 2 Aug 1943 Leave - 6 days from 15 Jul 1944 and 5 days from 6 Oct 1944

discharged 26 Jun 1945 in Melbourne.

Post War

Electoral Roll entries: 1949 at 1227 Dandenong road, Malvern East, Victoria; 1954 - 1977 at 44 Monash street, Box Hill, Victoria, storeman, Agnes a stenographer;

Notes

Mobile Works Squadrons were the initial RAAF equivalent of Army Engineers, with a primary task of constructing and maintaining forward airfields, runways and support infrastructure in the Pacific Campaign. They were raised in 1942 following the entry of Japan into the war. It was immediately evident that there was a paucity of airstrips across the South West Pacific Area to support air operations. Their designation was progressively changed and Airfield Construction Squadrons were formed from the Mobile Works Squadrons of the same numeric designation.

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