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==Brief History==
 
==Brief History==
Raised in October 1939 in Western Australia, and consisting primarily of men who had served during WW 1, the 5th Garrison Battalion was responsible for coastal defence. The 5th Garrison Battalion was responsible for the Fremantle/Perth area, land based batteries at Swanbourne and Arthurs Head, Fremantle. The battalion had its headquarters in Swanbourne. From 19 April until November the 5th Garrison battalion had also assumed responsibility for the coastal guns on Rottnest Island, but the unit was disbanded in late 1944 as the threat to WA was reduced as a result of military success to the north.
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Raised in October 1939 at Swanbourne in Western Australia, and consisting primarily of men who had served during WW 1, the 5th Garrison Battalion was responsible for coastal defence. The 5th Garrison Battalion was responsible for the Fremantle/Perth area, land based batteries at Swanbourne and Arthurs Head, Fremantle. The battalion had its headquarters in Swanbourne. From 19 April until November the 5th Garrison battalion had also assumed responsibility for the coastal guns on Rottnest Island, but the unit was disbanded in late 1944 as the threat to WA was reduced as a result of military success to the north.
  
 
Eight servicemen died while a member of this unit, one accidentally, and seven from illness.
 
Eight servicemen died while a member of this unit, one accidentally, and seven from illness.
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===Battalion personnel===
 
===Battalion personnel===
 
*[[Walter David Francis Kerridge]] 22 Nov 1939 - 29 Jan 1941
 
*[[Walter David Francis Kerridge]] 22 Nov 1939 - 29 Jan 1941
*[[Francis Thomas Briggs]]  
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*[[Bertie Alfred Holmes]] 22 Aug - 26 Sep 1940
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*[[Kenneth William Gilmour]] 26 Oct 1940 - ??
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*[[Claude Robert Marsh]] 30 Nov 1940 - 2 Jan 1942
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*[[Arthur Clarke ww2]] 30 Nov 1940 - 26 May 1942
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*[[Lancelot (Lance) William Cornell]] 4 Jan 1941 - 28 Apr 1944
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*[[Arthur William Crook]] 28 Jan 1941 - 21 May 1944
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*[[John Gordon]] 4 Apr 1941 - 6 Dec 1942
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*[[Thomas Egan]] 11 Nov 1941 - 3 Jul 1942
 
*[[Archie Howard Brockway]] 3 Mar 1942 - 26 Nov 1943
 
*[[Archie Howard Brockway]] 3 Mar 1942 - 26 Nov 1943
*CLARKE, ARTHUR
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*[[Stanley Gordon Demasson]] 22 Mar 1942 - ??
*CORNELL, LANCE WILLIAM
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* [[Frederick Joseph Humphrey]] 26 Mar 1942 - 27 Jan 1944
*CROOK, ARTHUR WILLIAM
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*[[Francis Thomas Briggs]] 26 Apr 1942 - 3 Sep 1943
*DEMASSON, STANLEY GORDON
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*[[David Deverell]] 26 Apr 1942 - 1 Sep 1942
*GALE, EDGAR
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*[[Edgar Walter Gale]] 26 Apr 1942 - 25 Feb 1943
*GILMOUR, KENNETH WILLIAM
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*[[Frederick Mark Thatcher]] 26 Apr 1942 - ??
*GORDON, JOHN
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*[[Stan John Barrett]] 13 Jun 1942 - 29 Oct 1942
*KERRIDGE, WALTER DAVID
 
*MARSH, CLAUDE ROBERT
 
*THATCHER, FREDRICK MARK
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
====Notes====
 
====Notes====
 
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Content has come from ''The Unit Guide - Volume 2 - The Australian Army 1939-1945''  - page 2.391  Graham R McKenzie-Smith - Big Sky Publishing - 2018
 
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Revision as of 22:48, 4 October 2020

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Unit Colour Patch


Brief History

Raised in October 1939 at Swanbourne in Western Australia, and consisting primarily of men who had served during WW 1, the 5th Garrison Battalion was responsible for coastal defence. The 5th Garrison Battalion was responsible for the Fremantle/Perth area, land based batteries at Swanbourne and Arthurs Head, Fremantle. The battalion had its headquarters in Swanbourne. From 19 April until November the 5th Garrison battalion had also assumed responsibility for the coastal guns on Rottnest Island, but the unit was disbanded in late 1944 as the threat to WA was reduced as a result of military success to the north.

Eight servicemen died while a member of this unit, one accidentally, and seven from illness.

Battalion personnel

Notes

Content has come from The Unit Guide - Volume 2 - The Australian Army 1939-1945 - page 2.391 Graham R McKenzie-Smith - Big Sky Publishing - 2018


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