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* [[Keith Robert Mills]] 13 Jan - 7 Feb 1942
 
* [[Keith Robert Mills]] 13 Jan - 7 Feb 1942
 
* [[Edward Alfred Harper]] 21 Jan - 24 Feb 1942
 
* [[Edward Alfred Harper]] 21 Jan - 24 Feb 1942
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* [[Edith Lillian Madgwick]] 18 Mar - 15 Apr 1942
 
* [[John Newell Ellis]] 14 Apr - 3 May 1942
 
* [[John Newell Ellis]] 14 Apr - 3 May 1942
 
* [[Ernest John Allen]] 16 Jun - 10 Jul 1942
 
* [[Ernest John Allen]] 16 Jun - 10 Jul 1942

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RAAF buildings at Busselton Airfield


Brief History

On 1 Mar 1940 the No. 4 Recruit Depot was formed at Pearce in Western Australia with the function of running recruit drill or basic discipline courses. In July 1942 the uit relocated to Busselton where from 1 Jul 1943 it also had an operational base detachment to service, maintain and refuel aircraft that went on coastal patrols from there.

The last entry in the Unit History Record was made on 30 September 1945.

Unit Personnel

Trainees

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

WAAAF Training Section

Notes

Content has come from Units of the Royal Australian Air Force - A Concise History - Volume 8 Training Units - Australian Government Publishing Service - 1995


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