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* [[Nicholas Keating]] 13 Oct 1940 - 21 Oct 1941
 
* [[Nicholas Keating]] 13 Oct 1940 - 21 Oct 1941
 
* [[Reginald William Jordan]] 12 Apr 1940 - 26 May 1942
 
* [[Reginald William Jordan]] 12 Apr 1940 - 26 May 1942
* [[Dorothy Mavis Bettenay]]
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* [[Francis Victor Coyle]] 4 Jan 1941 - 28 Jan 1942
* [[Philip Stanley Buckingham]]
 
 
* † [[Greer Winton Ottaway]] 30 Apr 1941 - 22 Mar 1942
 
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* [[John Arthur Wainwright]] 13 Oct 1941 - 8 Jul 1942
 
* [[Frederick Mervyn Cross]] 15 Jan - 10 Aug 1942
 
* [[Frederick Mervyn Cross]] 15 Jan - 10 Aug 1942
 
* [[John Newell Ellis]] 3 - 27 May 1942
 
* [[John Newell Ellis]] 3 - 27 May 1942
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* [[Gerald Kingsley Denny]] 12 - 26 Feb 1943
 
* [[Edward Harry Tasker]] 19 Feb - 26 Mar 1943
 
* [[Edward Harry Tasker]] 19 Feb - 26 Mar 1943
*[[Stanley Gordon Devereux]] 16 Oct - 17 Dec 1943
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* [[Stanley Gordon Devereux]] 16 Oct - 17 Dec 1943
* [[Helen Catherine Henderson]]
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* [[Joseph Charles Colton]] 3 Feb - 1944 - 15 Jun 1945 & 2 Jul 1946 - 24 Nov 1947
* [[Marguerite Isabella (Peg) Stevens]]
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* [[Patricia Frances French]] 23 Mar - 14 May 1945
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* [[Philip Stanley Buckingham]] 11 Nov 1945 - 8 Mar 1946
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* [[Dorothy Mavis Bettenay]] 4 - 11 Feb 1946
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* [[Helen Catherine Henderson]] 27 Jun - 1 Aug 1946
 
* [[James Brian McGurk]] 19 Feb 1947 - 19 Feb 1948
 
* [[James Brian McGurk]] 19 Feb 1947 - 19 Feb 1948
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* [[Marguerite Isabella (Peg) Stevens]] 5 Jun 1946 - 12 May 1947
  
 
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Brief History

The area, 35km north-east from Perth, was selected as the site for the base in 1928. Built between 1936 and 1939, Pearce was officially granted station status on 6 February 1939. It was (and remains) the major military air base in Western Australia. Initial squadrons were Nos 14 and 25 (City of Perth). In addition it housed No. 5 Initial Flying Training School, part of the Empire Air Training Scheme.


Following the war, Pearce housed many varied operations, but in 1958, with the arrival of No 1 Advanced Flying Training School and the Vampire jet trainer, the base took on its current role as the home of advanced training for the RAAF's Pilots.

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