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* [[John (Jack) Balshaw]] 21 Jul 1941 - 18 Sep 1947
 
* [[John (Jack) Balshaw]] 21 Jul 1941 - 18 Sep 1947
 
* [[Joseph Craven]] 23 Apr 1942 - 6 Feb 1946
 
* [[Joseph Craven]] 23 Apr 1942 - 6 Feb 1946
* [[Harold Clare Brown]] 29 Sep 1942 - 12 Dec 1944  
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* [[Harold Clare Brown MSM]] 29 Sep 1942 - 12 Dec 1944  
 
* [[Alice (May) Cardinal]] 19 Oct 1942 - 23 Jun 1943
 
* [[Alice (May) Cardinal]] 19 Oct 1942 - 23 Jun 1943
 
* [[Harold Higham]] 2 Dec 1943 - 5 Oct 1944
 
* [[Harold Higham]] 2 Dec 1943 - 5 Oct 1944
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* [[Albert Cecil Clarence Curtis]] 9 Aug - 14 Dec 1943
 
* [[Albert Cecil Clarence Curtis]] 9 Aug - 14 Dec 1943
 
* [[Norman Henry Napier Fowler]] 15 - 21 Nov 1943
 
* [[Norman Henry Napier Fowler]] 15 - 21 Nov 1943
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* [[Leonard Wilfred Powell]] 12 Nov 1943 - 14 Jan 1944
 
* [[William Ritchie Napier]] 30 Dec 1943 - 3 Jan 1944
 
* [[William Ritchie Napier]] 30 Dec 1943 - 3 Jan 1944
  
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====1946====  
 
* [[Allan Hugh Aitken]] 1 - 15 Jan 1946
 
* [[Allan Hugh Aitken]] 1 - 15 Jan 1946
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* [[Allan Butcher]] 5 Jan - 2 Feb 1946
 
* [[Frederick Haughton Dawson]] 22 Jan - 14 Feb 1946
 
* [[Frederick Haughton Dawson]] 22 Jan - 14 Feb 1946
 
* [[Douglas Joseph (Doug) Mills]] 5 Feb - 6 Mar 1946
 
* [[Douglas Joseph (Doug) Mills]] 5 Feb - 6 Mar 1946
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* [[Harold Frank Davy]] 20 Dec 1943 - 6 Jan 1944
 
* [[Harold Frank Davy]] 20 Dec 1943 - 6 Jan 1944
 
* [[Joseph George Lewis Jalli]] 17 Jul - 16 Aug 1945
 
* [[Joseph George Lewis Jalli]] 17 Jul - 16 Aug 1945
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* [[Mervyn (Merv) James Rose]] 24 Aug - 4 Oct 1945
 
* [[Keith Raymond Mills]] 28 Sep 1945 - 28 Mar 1946
 
* [[Keith Raymond Mills]] 28 Sep 1945 - 28 Mar 1946
 
* [[Albert George Lawrence]] 18 Oct 1945 - 25 Mar 1946
 
* [[Albert George Lawrence]] 18 Oct 1945 - 25 Mar 1946
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* [[David Gordon]] 14 Apr - 2 May 1944
 
* [[David Gordon]] 14 Apr - 2 May 1944
 
* [[Lancelot (Lance) William Cornell]] 21 - 28 Apr 1944
 
* [[Lancelot (Lance) William Cornell]] 21 - 28 Apr 1944
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* [[Leonard Wilfred Powell]] 29 Apr - 19 May 1944
 
* [[John Raymond Little]] 24 Jun - 18 Jul 1944
 
* [[John Raymond Little]] 24 Jun - 18 Jul 1944
 
* [[Stanley George Jarick]] 29 - 30 Jun 1944
 
* [[Stanley George Jarick]] 29 - 30 Jun 1944
 
* [[Joyce Sinclair]] 18 - 22 Jul 1944
 
* [[Joyce Sinclair]] 18 - 22 Jul 1944
 
* [[John Patrick Whitaker]] 22 Jul - 10 Aug 1944
 
* [[John Patrick Whitaker]] 22 Jul - 10 Aug 1944
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* [[John Rowland Griffiths]] 26 Jul - 10 Aug 1944
 
* [[Albert Cecil Clarence Curtis]] 24 Aug - 8 Oct 1944
 
* [[Albert Cecil Clarence Curtis]] 24 Aug - 8 Oct 1944
 
* [[Herbert Harold White]] 18 Sep - 22 Oct 1944
 
* [[Herbert Harold White]] 18 Sep - 22 Oct 1944
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* [[Vivienne Dittman]] 5 - 7 Jun 1945
 
* [[Vivienne Dittman]] 5 - 7 Jun 1945
 
* [[Thomas John Walsh]] 22 Jun - 6 Jul 1945  
 
* [[Thomas John Walsh]] 22 Jun - 6 Jul 1945  
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* [[John Milton Hand]] 5 Jul - 30 Aug 1945
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* [[Stanton Edward McKenna]] 17 Jul - 30 Sep 1945
 
* [[Joseph Maria White]] 23 Jul - 8 Aug 1945
 
* [[Joseph Maria White]] 23 Jul - 8 Aug 1945
 
* [[Maxwell John Buckingham]] 7 Aug - 3 Dec 1945
 
* [[Maxwell John Buckingham]] 7 Aug - 3 Dec 1945
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* [[Roy Searle Williams]] 18 Sep - 23 Oct 1945
 
* [[Roy Searle Williams]] 18 Sep - 23 Oct 1945
 
* [[Douglas Victor Wilkinson]] 18 Sep - 22 Oct 1945
 
* [[Douglas Victor Wilkinson]] 18 Sep - 22 Oct 1945
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* [[Edmond Hepple Brown MID]] 19 - 28 Sep 1945
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* [[Richard Barrett]] 24 - 28 September 1945
 
* [[John William Alexander]] 28 Sep - 3 Nov 1945
 
* [[John William Alexander]] 28 Sep - 3 Nov 1945
 
* [[Hubert James (Jim) Gale]] 8 - 12 Oct 1945
 
* [[Hubert James (Jim) Gale]] 8 - 12 Oct 1945
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* [[Victor Emanuel Valli]] ?? Nov 1945 - 1 Apr 1946
 
* [[Victor Emanuel Valli]] ?? Nov 1945 - 1 Apr 1946
 
* [[Joan Lucien Collins]] 12 - 23 Nov 1945
 
* [[Joan Lucien Collins]] 12 - 23 Nov 1945
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* [[John Orbel Whitefield Parkin]] 12 - 23 Nov 1945
 
* [[Sydney Eric Mills]] 12 Nov 1945 - 22 Jan 1946
 
* [[Sydney Eric Mills]] 12 Nov 1945 - 22 Jan 1946
 
* [[Frederick Martin Wilton]] 13 - 23 Nov 1945
 
* [[Frederick Martin Wilton]] 13 - 23 Nov 1945
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* [[William Leslie Cucel]] 7 - 14 Dec 1945
 
* [[William Leslie Cucel]] 7 - 14 Dec 1945
 
* [[Arthur Gordon Hubbard]] 8 Dec 1945- 13 Jan 1946
 
* [[Arthur Gordon Hubbard]] 8 Dec 1945- 13 Jan 1946
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* [[Vesey Fitzgerald]] 10 Dec 1945 - 16 Jan 1946
 
* [[James Robert McCormack]] 12 - 13 Dec 1945
 
* [[James Robert McCormack]] 12 - 13 Dec 1945
 
* [[Angus Sherwood James]] 16 Dec 1945 - 18 Jan 1946
 
* [[Angus Sherwood James]] 16 Dec 1945 - 18 Jan 1946
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* [[Donald George Martin]] 17 - 24 Dec 1945
 
* [[Raymond Victor Clough]] 18 - 21 Dec 1945
 
* [[Raymond Victor Clough]] 18 - 21 Dec 1945
 
* [[Frank Lindsay Cornish]] 19 Dec 1945 - 16 Jan 1946
 
* [[Frank Lindsay Cornish]] 19 Dec 1945 - 16 Jan 1946
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* [[Robert William Murphy]] 20 Dec 1945 - 8 Jan 1946
 
* [[John Bennett Prentice]] 20 Dec 1945 - 10 Jan 1946
 
* [[John Bennett Prentice]] 20 Dec 1945 - 10 Jan 1946
 
* [[Mervyn Eric Doherty]] 24 Dec 1945 - 21 Jan 1946
 
* [[Mervyn Eric Doherty]] 24 Dec 1945 - 21 Jan 1946
 
* [[Antonio Del Borrello]] 27 Dec 1945 - 21 Mar 1946
 
* [[Antonio Del Borrello]] 27 Dec 1945 - 21 Mar 1946
 
* [[George Sydney Devereaux]] 29 Dec 1945 - 29 Jan 1946
 
* [[George Sydney Devereaux]] 29 Dec 1945 - 29 Jan 1946
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* [[William Albert Nicholls]] 29 Dec 1945 - 25 Jan 1946
 
* [[Harold Philip Orton]] 29 Dec 1945 - 21 Feb 1946
 
* [[Harold Philip Orton]] 29 Dec 1945 - 21 Feb 1946
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* [[Raymond Henry Butcher]] 30 Dec 1945 - 20 Feb 1946 discharged in NSW)
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* [[Harold Chamberlain]] 30 Dec 1944 - 7 Jan 1946
  
 
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* [[Charles Kenneth Neilson]] 14 Jan 1946 -14 Feb 1946 & 5 Mar 1946 - 31 Jan 1947??
 
* [[Charles Kenneth Neilson]] 14 Jan 1946 -14 Feb 1946 & 5 Mar 1946 - 31 Jan 1947??
 
* [[William Francis Buck]] 17 Jan - 6 Feb 1946
 
* [[William Francis Buck]] 17 Jan - 6 Feb 1946
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* [[Jack Cartwright]] 22 Jan - 13 Mar 1946
 
* [[Frederick Charles Lawrence]] 27 Jan - 15 Mar 1946
 
* [[Frederick Charles Lawrence]] 27 Jan - 15 Mar 1946
 
* [[Arthur Gordon Fielder]] 28 Jan - 11 Mar 1946
 
* [[Arthur Gordon Fielder]] 28 Jan - 11 Mar 1946
 
* [[Edward Maurice Trew]] 2 Feb - 23 Apr 1946
 
* [[Edward Maurice Trew]] 2 Feb - 23 Apr 1946
 
* [[Frederick Thomas Orton Miller]] 2 - 20 Feb 1946
 
* [[Frederick Thomas Orton Miller]] 2 - 20 Feb 1946
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* [[Alan Kirwan Donaldson]] 11 - 21 Feb 1946
 
* [[Jack David Bunney]] 13 Feb - 7 Mar 1946
 
* [[Jack David Bunney]] 13 Feb - 7 Mar 1946
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* [[Arthur McVeigh]] 9 Mar - 2 Apr 1946
 
* [[Daisy Ella Logan]] 11 - 27 Mar 1946
 
* [[Daisy Ella Logan]] 11 - 27 Mar 1946
 
* [[Robert Neil Anderson]] 12 - 15 Mar 1946
 
* [[Robert Neil Anderson]] 12 - 15 Mar 1946
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* [[James Wilkinson]] 13 - 27 May 1946
 
* [[James Wilkinson]] 13 - 27 May 1946
 
* [[Shirley Craddon]] 28 May - 26 Jun 1946
 
* [[Shirley Craddon]] 28 May - 26 Jun 1946
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* [[Alan Gordon Buckingham]] 15 Jun - 2 Aug 1946
 
* [[Leslie Charles Peters]] 18 Jun - 5 Jul 1946
 
* [[Leslie Charles Peters]] 18 Jun - 5 Jul 1946
 
* [[Curnow Andrew Knuckey]] 19 - 21 Jun 1946
 
* [[Curnow Andrew Knuckey]] 19 - 21 Jun 1946
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* [[Robert Thomas Buckenara]] 21 Jun - 8 Jul 1946
 
* [[Douglas Joseph (Doug) Mills]] 21 - 25 Jun 1946
 
* [[Douglas Joseph (Doug) Mills]] 21 - 25 Jun 1946
 
* [[Viola Shirley Franklin]] 21 Jun - 1 Jul 1946
 
* [[Viola Shirley Franklin]] 21 Jun - 1 Jul 1946
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* [[Wanda Dawne Sullivan]] 17 - 23 Aug 1946
 
* [[Wanda Dawne Sullivan]] 17 - 23 Aug 1946
 
* [[Roy Kershaw]] 16 Sep - 10 Oct 1946
 
* [[Roy Kershaw]] 16 Sep - 10 Oct 1946
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* [[William Albert Arthur Parkin]] 17 - 23 Oct 1946
 
* [[Winifred Frances Thompson]] 13 - 16 Nov 1946
 
* [[Winifred Frances Thompson]] 13 - 16 Nov 1946
 
* [[Joseph Logan]] 11 Dec 1946 - 9 Jan 1947
 
* [[Joseph Logan]] 11 Dec 1946 - 9 Jan 1947
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* [[John Hartley Craddon]] 6 - 13 Jan 1947
 
* [[Norman Henry Napier Fowler]] 20 - 23 Jan 1947
 
* [[Norman Henry Napier Fowler]] 20 - 23 Jan 1947
 
* [[Henry George Price]] 24 Jan - 5 Feb 1947]]
 
* [[Henry George Price]] 24 Jan - 5 Feb 1947]]
 
* [[John Whittaker ww2]] 21 Feb - 16 Mar 1947
 
* [[John Whittaker ww2]] 21 Feb - 16 Mar 1947
 
* [[Bernard (Jim) Johnson]] 13 Feb - 6 Mar 1947
 
* [[Bernard (Jim) Johnson]] 13 Feb - 6 Mar 1947
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* [[Mervyn (Merv) James Rose]] 21 Feb - 16 Mar 1947
 
* [[Henry Victor (Harry) Fowler]] 7 - 12 Mar 1947
 
* [[Henry Victor (Harry) Fowler]] 7 - 12 Mar 1947
 
* [[Edward James (Jim) Lawrence]] 17 Mar - 27 Jun 1947
 
* [[Edward James (Jim) Lawrence]] 17 Mar - 27 Jun 1947

Revision as of 19:48, 24 January 2024

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Unit's colour patch


Brief History

In March 1940 W Comd Gen Details Camp was raised at Melville to look after stragglers and those left behind by the convoys passing through Fremantle for the Middle East. In April it moved to Northam and then in June to the Fremantle Artillery Barracks. In September they moved to Claremont and their role was widened to handle all troops passing through Perth.


In January 1941 a Discharge & Reception Depot was formed within the unit to process soldiers returning from the Middle East for discharge. In November they also took on those attending the Western Command Cooking School and apprentices undergoing trade training. In May 1942 the unit was renamed WA L of C Area GDD and they shared a HQ with the neighbouring WA L of C Area RRD until August 1943. In November 1942 a separate WA L of C LTD was formed to handle troops passing through Perth on leave. The number of troops in Western Australia had reduced substantially by May 1944 and the GDD amalgamated with the RDD to form Western Australian L of C Area RR & GDD at Claremont.


In October 1944 the unit became Western Command Recruit Reception & General Details Depot before moving to Karrakatta in December where it remained until the war's conclusion. In September 1945 it formed Western Command Discharge Depot to facilitate demobilisation.


Unit Personnel

General Details Depot

Personnel between postings.

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

1946

Returnees Depot

Personnel returning from the Middle East or New Guinea needing a new posting - not yet for discharge.

Medical Wing

Western Command Discharge Depot

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

1946

1947

1949

Notes

Content has come from The Unit Guide - Volume 6 - The Australian Army 1939-1945, page 6.414 - Graham R McKenzie-Smith - Big Sky Publishing - 2018


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