7th Workshop & Park Company

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Brief History

7th Workshop & Park Company was formed on a reduced scale in late 1939 at Karrakatta, responsible for the operation of the main engineer stores dumps in the Perth area. In December 1943 they were relieved of this role and moved to the RAE Training Centre at Kapooka in New South Wales for training. In February 1944 they moved to Noonamah in the Northern Territory, and then to Winnellie in April. From this base they progressively took over all engineer stores and workshop functions as other like units were withdrawn. They had detachments at Alice Springs, Banka Banka, Katherine, Camooweal and Mt Isa.

Unit Personnel

• Robert Traill-Nash 26 Aug 1940 - 21 May 1942
• William John Eric Johnson 9 Dec 1940 - 22 May 1941
• John (Jack) Balshaw 5 Dec 1941 - 7 Sep 1942
• Arthur Henry Crouch 8 Feb 1943 - 19 Jan 1944
• William Francis Buck 19 Oct 1944 - 16 Jan 1946

Notes

Content has come from The Unit Guide - Volume 3 - The Australian Army 1939-1945, page 3.509 - Graham R McKenzie-Smith - Big Sky Publishing - 2018