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No. 3 Special Detachment AIF (WA)

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Brief History

In April 1942 the Northam AIF Training Camp sent a company sized force to provide defence for the Pearce RAAF Base. The unit was named No. 3 Special Detachment AIF (WA). With the rationalisation of recruit training units in May they were renamed Recruit Training Battalion (No 3 Detachment). In July, following the arrival in WA of the 2nd Australian Infantry Division is is likely that the detachment was withdrawn. There is evidence of a detachment from this unit providing defence for the airport at Busselton in April.

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Content has come from The Unit Guide - Volume 2 - The Australian Army 1939-1945, page 2.380 - Graham R McKenzie-Smith - Big Sky Publishing - 2018


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